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Help the detective complete her top-secret case notes.
The detective smiled when she found _________________________ muddy footprints near the broken window. Earlier that morning, she had _________________________ hope of catching the diamond thief, but these new clues changed everything!
a few muddy footprints / little hope
Let's look at the nouns to choose the right quantifier:
- Footprints is a countable plural noun. She found some footprints (a positive discovery), so we use a few.
- Hope is an uncountable noun. She had almost no hope (a negative feeling), so we use little.