Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
- Joined: Dec 12th, 2009
- Posts: 95
What I learned is "some+pl."
I'm totally confused.
Here comes the two sentences I read:
*a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret(not secrets?) which has been concealed from strangers for years.
*At some dramatic moment(not moments?)in the story,.....
Feel so helpless.... 
silkywave3
Re: Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
some = certain
Sometimes
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Jane Eyre
Re: Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
any opinions else? ...........
Count_zero
Re: Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
Silky is right. In these sentences "some" = "a certain"
"Some" is often used in this way to show something vague or unimportant.
"I read some stupid book yesterday"
"You don't like my food? What should I do: give it to some homeless person?"
"He's a presenter on some TV show or other but I found him a bore!"
Jane Eyre
Re: Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
Get it . Thank you all~
wave
Re: Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
Because. Just because. You don't need to know the reason, it's just because.
Sometimes the same is different, but mostly, it's the same.
Count_zero
Re: Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
> a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.
In this sentences you could replace "some" for "a".
It's possible that the writer had been using "a" too much and so decided to replace it with "some".
Or perhaps they are being vague. The exact kind of secret is not important in this sentence.
> At some dramatic moment in the story,.....
Again, you could swap "some" for "a" here. Probably, the person saying this sentence used "some" to be vague. The exact moment in the story was not important.
"a certain dramatic moment" = very specific.
"a dramatic moment" = specific.
"some dramatic moment" = vague.
"some dramatic moment or other" = very vague.
Jane Eyre
Re: Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
no no no no no I want to know the reason.
admin
Re: Why sometimes the noun follows "some" is single?
some a-hole explained it to me once, but I forgot.
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