Compare "little" and "a little":

✐ They have a little money, so they′re not poor. (= they have some money)
✐ They have little money. They are very poor. (= nearly no money) ✐ I have a
Compare "few" and "a few":
✐ I have a few friends, so I′m not lonely. (= I have some friends)
✐ I′m sad and I′m lonely. I have few friends. (= nearly no friends)
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