Timeline for Why do we say "little damage," and could the word "little" be substituted for a synonym?
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| Dec 15, 2017 at 6:49 | vote | accept | Alexander | ||
| Dec 14, 2017 at 15:50 | answer | added | Gary Botnovcan | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 14, 2017 at 15:40 | comment | added | TimR | little is understood to mean "not much, not extensive" whereas small is an attribute of size. Damage has extent/degree but it does not have dimensionality. We can say "There was extensive damage" but we don't say "There was big damage". | |
| Dec 14, 2017 at 9:45 | answer | added | joiedevivre | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 14, 2017 at 9:26 | answer | added | mplungjan | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 14, 2017 at 9:25 | answer | added | Mick | timeline score: -1 | |
| Dec 14, 2017 at 9:14 | history | asked | Alexander | CC BY-SA 3.0 |