Each and every have similar but not always identical meanings.
Every is half-way between each and all. It sees things or people as singular, but in a group or in
general.
Every cannot be used for 2 things. For 2 things, each can be used:
A Little / A Few
The expressions a little and a few mean some.
Example:
a little money
In connection with a little / a few people often speak of countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a
number (that's why they are called 'countable nouns'). Countable nouns take a few.
Example:
4 friends – a few friends
Uncountable nouns can only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be used with a number
(that's why they are called 'uncountable nouns'). Uncountable nouns take a little.
Example:
3 money – a little money
Note: Of course you can count money – but then you would name the currency and say that you
have got 3 euro (but not „3 money“).
It's a difference if you use a little / a few or little / few. Without the article, the words have a
limiting or negative meaning.
• a little = some
little = hardly any
Example:
I need a little money. - I need some money.
I need little money. - I need hardly any money.
• a few = some
few = hardly any
Example:
A few friends visited me. - Some friends visited me.
Few friends visited me. - Hardly any friends visited me.
Without the article, little / few sound rather formal. That's why we don't use them very often in
everyday English. A negative sentence with much / many is more common here.
Example:
I need little money. = I do not need much money.
Few friends visited me. = Not many friends visited me.