Their advice is an oversimplification, however Only when some modifies an adjective, usually a comparative, will somewhat always substitute smoothly. It'll be some time before we meet again It was some years later when they next met We discussed the problem at some length. (a) certain unknown or unspecified
Some lunatic drove into my car Functioning as sing or plural) Some can teach and others can't An unknown or unspecified quantity or amount of There's some rice on the table Some, an english word used as a determiner and pronoun
Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Some meaning, definition, what is some A number of people or things, or an amou. Discover everything about the word some in english You use some in front of the plural form of a noun to talk about a number of people or things, without saying who or what they are, or how many of them there are. Some is not usually used in negative sentences, but can be used in questions if we think that the answer is likely to be yes
We also use some when we offer something to someone in order to encourage that person to say yes.
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