a few days ago / few days ago

[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

[danmahaffey]

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
Sentence (1) is not well formed, and requires the article a to complete the phrase.

Few can be tricky. Here are some examples of usage:

Few days are as rainy as this. (not very many individual days)

A few days are as rainy as this. (some days)

Quite a few days are as rainy as this. (many days)