English lesson for today Some vs some of Before a noun with a determiner (articles, demonstratives and possessive pronouns), we use some of. If there is no determiner we use some. * Some of my friends live abroad. (NOT Some my friends live abroad.) * I have bought some apples. (NOT I have bought some of apples.) * Some people want a new system. (NOT Some of people want a new system.) Some of is also used before a pronoun. * Some of us want a new system. (NOT Some us want a new system.) Nouns can be dropped after some, if the meaning is clear. * I have bought too many chocolates. You can have some. (OR You can have some of them.) Some with singular countable noun With a singular countable noun, some can refer to an unknown person or thing. * Some idiot has let the cat in. * There must be some job for me. * She is living in some city in Indonesia. Some can mean quite a in informal American English. * It was some evening! (=It was quite an evening.) Some can also be used to suggest that we do not think much of somebody or something. * I don’t want to waste the rest of my life doing some boring jobs. * She is going to marry some farmer in Kenya. Some can be used with a number to suggest that the number is an impressive one. * We have already sold some twenty thousand copies of this book. Thank you :)
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:52:54 +0000