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several
determiner
more
than
two
but
not
a
large
number
of
•
I
bought
several
books
at
the
sale
.
I
bought
several
books
at
the
sale
.
•
Several
students
raised
their
hands
to
answer
the
question
.
Several
students
raised
their
hands
to
answer
the
question
.
From
Late
Latin
‘
severalis
’
meaning
‘
separate
,
different
’.
pronoun
more
than
two
but
not
many
people
or
things
,
used
without
a
following
noun
•
Several
were
injured
in
the
accident
.
Several
were
injured
in
the
accident
.
•
Only
several
remained
after
the
others
left
early
.
Only
several
remained
after
the
others
left
early
.
Pronoun
use
developed
from
the
determiner
meaning
in
Middle
English
.
adjective
separate
and
different
from
one
another
;
distinct
•
After
the
ceremony
,
the
friends
went
their
several
ways
.
After
the
ceremony
,
the
friends
went
their
several
ways
.
•
The
treaty
granted
the
islands
several
governments
.
The
treaty
granted
the
islands
several
governments
.
Sense
of
‘
separate
,
distinct
’
comes
from
Late
Latin
‘
separalis
’.