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3 Jul 2020
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Hello everyone!
İs it possible to use "some" with uncountable in the meaning "unknown"?
Example:
He had some strange orange powder
İf yes, in your head do you picture this "powder" as a formless substance or as an amount inside a container?
Thank you in advance!:)
Hello everyone!
İs it possible to use "some" with uncountable in the meaning "unknown"?
Example:
He had some strange orange powder
İf yes, in your head do you picture this "powder" as a formless substance or as an amount inside a container?
Thank you in advance!:)
İs it possible to use "some" with uncountable in the meaning "unknown"?
Example:
He had some strange orange powder
İf yes, in your head do you picture this "powder" as a formless substance or as an amount inside a container?
Thank you in advance!:)
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It is possible. I don’t know how I picture it exactly, but you can do the same thing with countable words in the singular, and I picture them the same.
He had some strange new ability that none of us could understand. (One entire unknown ability)
He had some newfangled idea about what had to be done. (A full single idea)
With your powder example, I don’t picture it as a part of a whole. I just picture it as an unknown powder. Not that it’s formless, but just that it’s strange to the speaker. I hope that makes sense!
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@Kellyne Thank you! That makes perfect sense!
Can İ also use "some" with plural nouns as in "He had some newfangled ideas about what had to be done"?
Can İ also use "some" with plural nouns as in "He had some newfangled ideas about what had to be done"?
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You can, but then “some” just means “a few” like it usually does.
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In informal English, you can say “these” to imply they are unknown and strange
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Hmmmm, so is it correct to say "They treated us as if we were some punks" or "A proud father of some weird kids"?
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