Error spotting (quantifiers: 'little' vs. 'a little'): Identify the erroneous part (A/B/C) — choose D if there is no error — 'Will you lend me / little money / to tide over this crisis. / No error.' Clarify polarity of quantifiers for count vs. uncount nouns in requests.

Concept/Approach: 'little' vs. 'a little' with uncountables'Little' (without article) ≈ hardly any/insufficient; 'a little' ≈ some (enough/positive). In polite requests, we want the positive sense: 'a little money'.

Step-by-step correctionB: 'little money' → 'a little money'.Corrected: 'Will you lend me a little money to tide over this crisis?'

Common pitfallsUsing negative-leaning quantifiers in requests, which changes meaning.

Final AnswerB — Should be 'a little money'.