HELP ME SOLVE THIS CONFUSION : SOME

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HaffiezMike

#112288 Sat, 25 Jun 05 09:30 AM

Can i use : SOME FURNITURE / SOME BOOK / SOME COMPUTER Because sometimes I see those sentences (and many more with SOME at the beginning) being used without an S at the end instead of SOME FURNITURES? / SOME BOOKS / SOME COMPUTERS with an S!
SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE Smile [:)]

HaffiezMike

Joined on Fri, Jul 9 2004

KL, Malaysia

Junior Member (67)

I'd be happy to help you guys but I warn : I'm the kind of person who can easily gets confused Smile [:)]

and I'm not so native but...

pieanne

#112310 Sat, 25 Jun 05 11:52 AM

Hello, HaffiezMike,

Well, first, "furniture" is an uncountable, you can't have it with an "s".
"I saw some nice furniture at XXX yesterday" = a few nice pieces of furniture.

"I read it in some book" = I don't remember which one.
"That was some book!" = that book was excellent.
"I've brought some books with me" = a few books

"some computer" ?
"That's some computer!" = it is excellent.
"They're going to buy some computers for the school" = a few computers.

pieanne

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

South of France ...But I'm Belgian!

Veteran Member (7,512)

I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

MrPedantic

#112525 Sun, 26 Jun 05 01:13 AM

There's also the ironic use of 'some':

"Would you believe it. I've just opened up Excel on my new pc, and entered =2+2, and it tells me it's 5!"
"Huh. Some computer..."

MrP

MrPedantic

Joined on Wed, Oct 13 2004

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