摘 要: | How Small Are They:a Little,a Bit,and a Little BitAbit and a little are a pair of words often usedinterchangeably to indicate“not much”,butthey can also have different meanings indifferent contexts.My hunch is that“a little”is a littlebit larger than“a bit”,and“a bit”is a little bit morecolloquial than“a little”.Well,these two words do gotogether,don’t they?Here are some examples:He was a bit surprised that she couldn’t cook.He was a little surprised that she couldn’t cook.He …
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