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I am of the opinion that correct several/many/few usage depends on context - in particular, on the scarcity of the item being described.To wit: "I have many Ferraris" makes sense for someone who has five of them - but "I have many grains of rice" is clearly inappropriate for the same number.Context in terms of the goal of the writing can alter usage as well. If we want to be dryly humorous, 'a number' is generally quite a bit funnier than 'a few' even though they'd be appropriate for the same quantities of target item:"Jed, it seems, was then hit square in the face by a few of the shotgun pellets he had recently fired" is not quite as funny as, "...hit square in the face by a number of the shotgun pellets..."Therefore, I... well, I don't really do anything. That's just the way it is.