Friday, May 25, 2018

grammar - "a little surprising", "little surprising"

Are:




"it is a little surprising"




and




"it is little surprising"





equivalent? I have a feeling that in the former, it means "I'm slightly surprised, have not expected this" in the latter, "there's no surprise, it's obvious". But, some people seem to use them interchangeably. What's the norm/use here?

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