What I often find, in speech, is that I'll say a "couple", because I've got 2 things in mind, then as I say it, I think of a third one.
I agree that it is correct for a couple to mean "two", but then there is also a difference between saying "two things:..." and "a couple of things:...", so....
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Date: 2006-08-06 10:16 am (UTC)I agree that it is correct for a couple to mean "two", but then there is also a difference between saying "two things:..." and "a couple of things:...", so....