Sentence improvement (quantifiers and articles) — Identify the best correction in: ‘‘Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need?’’ Ensure correct use of the determiner with a countable plural noun.

Given sentence‘‘Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need?’’

Concept/ApproachA few (positive quantity) is required with countable plurals like ‘‘rupees’’. Also, the verb should remain ‘‘lend’’ (not ‘‘borrow’’ when asking someone to give).

Option analysisA: lend me any rupees — ‘‘Any’’ doesn't fit polite affirmative requests; awkward with ‘‘rupees’’.B: borrow me a few rupees — ‘‘Borrow’’ cannot take the person as object in this sense; we borrow from someone; here we are asking them to lend.C: lend me a few rupees — Correct determiner and verb.D: No improvement — Original is missing the article ‘‘a’’ before ‘‘few’’.

Final Answerlend me a few rupees