Questão de Inglês — Determinantes e quantificadores | Determiners and quantifiers — FUNDATEC 2023

In the comic below we see a conversation between a person’s internal organs:In the last part, the bowel says “Very funny. I’ll be back in a few minutes”. Which of the explanations below correctly justifies the use of “few”?

1. AIt replaces “little” when it follows the article “a”.
2. BIt is used before “minutes”, which is countable and plural.
3. CIt represents informal spoken language, but the author should have used “a little”.
4. DIt is part of an idiom frequently used to express a short time.
5. EIt is used before “minutes”, which is uncountable.