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[dido4]

What are the differences between these two?

1.I visited my uncle in Australia few days ago.

2. I visited my uncle in Australia a few days ago.

Thank you

[ebb]

1. is not grammatical. #2 is correct. "Few days" without "a" could be a more poetic usage as in "Few days have passed that did not carry the memory of that evening we met in Rio."
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