| 词组 | some |
| 释义 | some ◊ used as a determiner 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. I've got some friends coming over. I have some important things to tell them. You can also use some in front of an uncount noun to talk about a quantity of something, without saying how much of it there is. She had a piece of pie and some coffee. My brother got some more good news this week. When you use some in front of the plural form of a noun, you use a plural form of a verb with it. Some hunting lodges were also manor houses. If you are doing it yourself, here are some suggestions. When you use some in front of an uncount noun, you use a singular form of a verb with it. Some action is necessary. There's some pizza left from dinner. ◊ used as a quantifier You use some of in front of a plural noun group beginning with 'the', 'these', 'those', or a possessive. You do this to talk about a number of people or things belonging to a particular group. ...some of the large airlines. ...some of those ideas we'd talked about. ...some of Edgar Allen Poe's stories. Similarly, you use some of in front of a singular noun group beginning with 'the', 'this', 'that', or a possessive to talk about a part of something. We did some of the journey by night. She took some of the meat from her bag. Somebody might take some of his money away. You can use some of like this in front of plural or singular pronouns. Some of these are included in this leaflet. Some of it is very beautiful. You do not use 'we' or 'they' after some of. Instead you use us or them. I think some of us find it a bit intrusive. They spread out and some of them went up north. ◊ used as a pronoun Some can itself be used as a plural or singular pronoun. Some activities are very dangerous and some are not so dangerous. 'You'll need some graph paper.' ---'Yeah, I've got some at home.' ◊ WARNING You do not use some as part of the object of a negative sentence. You do not say, for example, 'I don't have some money'. You say 'I don't have any money'. I hadn't had any breakfast. It won't do any good. I don't like any of this. ◊ used in questions In questions, you can use either some or any as part of an object. You use some when you are asking someone to confirm that something is true. For example, if you think someone wants to ask you some questions, you might say to them 'Do you have some questions?' or 'You have some questions?' But if you do not know whether they want to ask you any questions or not, you would say 'Do you have any questions?' Sorry -- have I missed out some questions? There's some hurry? Were you in any danger? Did any of you see that play on television? ◊ duration You use some with 'time' or with a word such as 'hours' or 'months' to indicate that something lasts for a fairly long time. You will be unable to restart the car for some time. I did not meet her again for some years. If you want to indicate that a period of time is fairly short, you do not use some. You talk about a short time or you use a few in front of a word such as 'hours' or 'months'. The chiefs would be there in a short time. Patey and I were due to arrive only a few days before the transmission. |
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