Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
The refugees were in a pitiable state. _______ resources they had were damaged in the rain.
Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
The refugees were in a pitiable state. _______ resources they had were damaged in the rain.
The correct option is C The little
The adjectives ‘little’, ‘the little’, ‘few’ and ‘the few’ are used to denote quantity. ‘Few’ and ‘little’ mean hardly any while ‘the few’ and ‘the little’ means not much but all of the things in the given category. ‘Few’ and ‘the few’ are used for countable nouns. On the other hand ‘little’ and ‘the little’ are used for uncountable nouns. As ‘resources’ is an uncountable noun, we cannot use ‘few’ or ‘the few’. Hence option B and D are incorrect. ‘Little’ means hardly any, and it is used only in negative sentences to convey the complete lack of something. Since the sentence states that there was some resource which was completely damaged in rain, option A is incorrect. ‘The little’ is apt here because it explains that whatever resources the refugees received for recovering was also completely damaged in the rain. Thus option D is correct.
The adjectives ‘little’, ‘the little’, ‘few’ and ‘the few’ are used to denote quantity. ‘Few’ and ‘little’ mean hardly any while ‘the few’ and ‘the little’ means not much but all of the things in the given category. ‘Few’ and ‘the few’ are used for countable nouns. On the other hand ‘little’ and ‘the little’ are used for uncountable nouns. As ‘resources’ is an uncountable noun, we cannot use ‘few’ or ‘the few’. Hence option B and D are incorrect. ‘Little’ means hardly any, and it is used only in negative sentences to convey the complete lack of something. Since the sentence states that there was some resource which was completely damaged in rain, option A is incorrect. ‘The little’ is apt here because it explains that whatever resources the refugees received for recovering was also completely damaged in the rain. Thus option D is correct.
