![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowI was just reading an interesting discussion at Language Hat - interesting and, to me, surprising.
To me, "a couple of" means two and only two; if more is intended, I go up through the "a few / several / many" hierarchy. But most of the respondents to the LH post use a looser interpretation, allowing as many as five.
So, I'm puzzled. What say ye?
To me, "a couple of" means two and only two; if more is intended, I go up through the "a few / several / many" hierarchy. But most of the respondents to the LH post use a looser interpretation, allowing as many as five.
So, I'm puzzled. What say ye?
