finish in just few days vs finish in just a few days

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Finish in just a few days" is the more common and natural expression in English. The addition of the article 'a' before 'few days' makes the phrase grammatically correct and clearer in meaning.

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finish in just few days

This phrase is not correct in English. It is missing the article 'a' before 'few days'.

This phrase is incorrect due to the missing article 'a'. To be correct, it should be 'finish in just a few days'.

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So close the mansion would've been mine in just few days but shankar had to die then
I'll finish in the next few days.
The coronation is in just a few days.
Look what's happened in just a few days.
The amount of junk mail that accumulates in just a few days.
In just a few days, I have claimed control of six men to do my bidding.
The flyers worked: in just a few days, Pop's was as busy as ever.
In just a few days, mankind will set foot on the Moon for the first time.
In just a few days, the water will boil and evaporate.
I have an open house in just a few days, and the market is tough enough as it is.
We're going to have you right as rain in just a few days.
Think my body will improve in just a few days?
...you don't become a mountain lion in just a few days.
In just a few days' time, the Treaty of Lisbon will enter into full force.
Let me repeat that at present there is no aid agency which could deal with 500000 people in just a few days.
In fact, the first phase of developing the system will begin in just a few days, next Monday, 21 December.
Just few days after the Justice and Home Affairs Council met in Tampere, MEPs adopted a resolution drafted by the PES, ALDE, Greens and EUL/NGL groups aiming to draft some basic lines on how the European Union should handle immigration.
In just a few days... in July 1994... the Goma region... received more than 2 million people.
Some of these diseases, they spread so quick, they wipe out whole blocks of people in just a few days.
As I told you, you'll be in assisted living in just a few days, Mr. Doyle.

Alternatives:

finish in just a few days

finish in just a few days

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the correct way to express that something will be completed within a short period of time, specifically a few days.

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The coronation is in just a few days.
Look what's happened in just a few days.
The amount of junk mail that accumulates in just a few days.
In just a few days, I have claimed control of six men to do my bidding.
The flyers worked: in just a few days, Pop's was as busy as ever.
In just a few days, mankind will set foot on the Moon for the first time.
In just a few days, the water will boil and evaporate.
I have an open house in just a few days, and the market is tough enough as it is.
We're going to have you right as rain in just a few days.
Think my body will improve in just a few days?
...you don't become a mountain lion in just a few days.
In just a few days' time, the Treaty of Lisbon will enter into full force.
Let me repeat that at present there is no aid agency which could deal with 500000 people in just a few days.
In fact, the first phase of developing the system will begin in just a few days, next Monday, 21 December.
In just a few days... in July 1994... the Goma region... received more than 2 million people.
Some of these diseases, they spread so quick, they wipe out whole blocks of people in just a few days.
As I told you, you'll be in assisted living in just a few days, Mr. Doyle.
However, in just a few days the disproportionate use of force and armed provocation killed dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and several Israeli soldiers in violent confrontations.
We are in a constant and continued dialogue that will take us to an expanded national dialogue in just a few days' time.
It's just a few days.

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finish in just few days vs finish in just a few days