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Choose Why is "little" not the correct quantifier for an uncountable nounoption to fill "only ___ milk left"?

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In Destination B2 book, these definitions are given for quantifiers little and a little:

little: uncountable nouns, means 'not much'

a little: uncountable nouns, means 'some'

Now, given the following sentence:

We've only got ______ milk left so get some when you go shopping.

We've only got ______ milk left so get some when you go shopping.

I choose little as I thought the talker meant that there's not much milk left so they needed some to be bought. But the correct answer is a little.

Can someone explain why is that so?

In Destination B2 book, these definitions are given for quantifiers little and a little:

little: uncountable nouns, means 'not much'

a little: uncountable nouns, means 'some'

Now, given the following sentence:

We've only got ______ milk left so get some when you go shopping.

I choose little as I thought the talker meant that there's not much milk left so they needed some to be bought. But the correct answer is a little.

Can someone explain why is that so?

In Destination B2 book, these definitions are given for quantifiers little and a little:

little: uncountable nouns, means 'not much'

a little: uncountable nouns, means 'some'

Now, given the following sentence:

We've only got ______ milk left so get some when you go shopping.

I choose little as I thought the talker meant that there's not much milk left so they needed some to be bought. But the correct answer is a little.

Can someone explain why is that so?

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Choose the correct quantifier for an uncountable noun

In Destination B2 book, these definitions are given for quantifiers little and a little:

little: uncountable nouns, means 'not much'

a little: uncountable nouns, means 'some'

Now, given the following sentence:

We've only got ______ milk left so get some when you go shopping.

I choose little as I thought the talker meant that there's not much milk left so they needed some to be bought. But the correct answer is a little.

Can someone explain why is that so?