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a few lines vs a few line

'A few lines' is the proper English phrasing. 'Lines' should be used in the plural form to indicate multiple lines of text or writing. 'A few line' is incorrect as it lacks the plural form.
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Last updated: October 07, 2024 • 15548 views

a few lines

Correct. 'Lines' is the plural form of 'line' and is used to indicate multiple lines of text or writing.

This phrase is used when referring to a small number of lines of text or writing.

Examples:

  • Please write a few lines about your favorite book.
  • I only need a few lines to summarize the main points.
  • Just a few lines in answer to your letter, which I received yesterday.
  • You laze around, write a few lines... strike up some conversations in coffee shops.
  • The rapporteurs have indulged in a bit of culture at the start of the explanatory statement, quoting a few lines from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
  • Nothing that can't be fixed with a few lines of code.
  • Look, so check it out, I've been consulting on this sports movie and the guy playing the agent, he backed out and so, since it's just a few lines,
  • You've only got a few lines.
  • In what could be seen as a lack of transparency, the Commission refers to this as "to redefine the new lending mandate for Meda...". and only dedicates a few lines to this important issue.
  • Why don't have your guys jot down a few ideas, come up with a few lines?
  • And now I must ask you to keep quiet for a few minutes while I write a few lines to Inspector Lohmann, who is working on another case that also seems insane.
  • So, I'm just going to read a few lines here and see if we can connect to whatever is in the house, okay?
  • Just a few lines.
  • She's got a few lines.
  • To illustrate that formula I said 'In a thousand-page history of World War Two there are on average two pages on the deportation of the Jews and a few lines on the gas chambers'.
  • A few lines remained.
  • A few lines of Greek.
  • Mr President, I would like to read out a few lines: "in 1975 Indonesia took control of Timor, beginning the oppression which led to the death of a third of the population through hunger, epidemics, war and a reign of terror."
  • Please - a few lines of Shakespeare, and you expect a girl to swoon.
  • Let's pick up a few lines back.
  • Looks like you cut a few lines from the script there.
  • An unspectacular nothing more than a few lines on page 3.

Alternatives:

  • several lines
  • a couple of lines
  • a handful of lines
  • a small number of lines
  • a limited number of lines

a few line

Incorrect. 'Line' should be in the plural form 'lines' to indicate multiple lines of text or writing.

  • Please - a few lines of Shakespeare, and you expect a girl to swoon.
  • Just a few lines in answer to your letter, which I received yesterday.
  • Let's pick up a few lines back.
  • Looks like you cut a few lines from the script there.
  • There's a few lines that need sharpening.
  • A few lines of computer code that can unlock any door.
  • A few lines of computer code that can unlock any door.
  • An unspectacular nothing more than a few lines on page 3.
  • Learn a few lines of the person you most fancy playing.
  • Just a few lines, asking when they were to meet again.
  • You could do with a few lines slagging off men.
  • Granted, I had to oil a few hands and tug a few lines...
  • TOMMY: Dear Jamie, just a few lines to let you know how I am keeping.
  • And knowing a few lines of the Qur'an does not absolve you.
  • And so, a few lines on the eyelids.
  • In quite a few lines, no payments whatsoever have been earmarked for the commitments for 2001.
  • Would you fix us a few lines, darling?
  • An unspectacular nothing more than a few lines on page 3.
  • All you have to do is learn a few lines, go and talk to Danny T's lawyer.
  • I'll act out my favorite stunt and read a few lines.

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