Middle school is a frontier where students can explore new subjects. While they learn from a curriculum steeped in core courses, kids also benefit from exploratory subjects. Also known as âexploratories,â these courses are often called related arts, allied arts, unified arts, or specials.
No, it is not an adjective. Couple is a noun, or more rarely a verb. Coupled could be an adjective.
Excellent question! The short (and rather unhelpful) answer is that while technically, a couple does in fact mean two, it is not always used that way in practice and if you ask several native speakers you're likely to get different responses.A couple, a few, several... Words like this are used with various intent. have the impression that it is used loosely only when an approximation is in play. That is, you can say. 1  a couple of days, meaning two days, give or take some hours. 2  a couple of weeks meaning two weeks, give or take a few days. 3  a couple of dozen, meaning two dozen, give or take six or eight.