a few days more vs a few more days

Both "a few days more" and "a few more days" are correct, but "a few more days" is more commonly used in English. They both convey the same meaning of a small additional number of days.

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This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

"a few days more"

This phrase is used to indicate a small additional number of days beyond the current period.

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Well, I'll give Tricki a few days more and then we'll see.
If previous experience is anything to go by, it'll be a few days more before they get this out of their systems.
I only have a few days more.
Anyway, it's a question of a few days more.
We're going to enjoy it a few days more.
It looks as if we'll be on Caldos for a few days more.
It is not a question of a few days more or less.
The Giuliani had served just a few days more than four years and was only a ghost of the original, proud submarine.
Indeed, I wrote him a letter so that he doesn't move, I made up an excuse so that he stays a few days more.
Perhaps a few days more or less won't matter very much.
A weekend in Torino? Or a few days more than that?
He stayed for a few days, and then a few days more,
We'll wait and see A few days more
A few days more. I would separate would see him and Elizabeth.
A few days more and the curtain will open onto this new date in Milan and a wide range of solutions that, for the past 50 years, have been regularly presented to an audience with a large share of international visitors.
Can't you take a few days more?
Just a few days more.
Guardate i programmi completi qui! Here we are, a few days more and this 2017 will have come to an end.
Laffitte accepted, but the king, who was the only one entitled to dissolve the Chamber, preferred to wait a few days more.
But they said wait a few days more, and then wait a few days more...

Alternatives:

a few more days
a couple more days
a little more time
a bit longer
a short while longer

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"a few more days"

This phrase is used to indicate a small additional number of days beyond the current period.

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I felt it could help me survive a few more days.
Seriously, just a few more days.
Sarah, it's just a few more days drilling.
We could stay there for a few more days.
Give the FBI a few more days.
My surgery's not for a few more days.
He wasn't supposed to show up for a few more days.
Jack, I need a few more days here.
Please, just a few more days.
Just hang in there for a few more days.
Come on, a few more days won't hurt.
We could work for a few more days, anyway.
Maybe you should give it a few more days.
Just a few more days of school.
It was scheduled to last only a few more days.
I'll be here a few more days.
She'll probably stay there a few more days.
We should have waited a few more days.
Without any fear, hesitation, desire to stay for a few more days.
Okay, I might need a few more days.

Alternatives:

a few days more
a couple more days
a little more time
a bit longer
a short while longer

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