Sʌm People Amount Number Nouns Determiner Wine Bottle

• there's still some wine in the bottle.
• have some more vegetables.
• some people find this more difficult than others.
• some people never seem to put on weight while others are always on a diet.

some

1. used with uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns to mean ‘an amount of’ or ‘a number of’, when the amount or number is not given
• There's still some wine in the bottle.
• Have some more vegetables.
2. used to refer to certain members of a group or certain types of a thing, but not all of them
• Some people find this more difficult than others.
• Some people never seem to put on weight while others are always on a diet.
• I like some modern music (= but not all of it).
3. a large number or amount of something
• It was with some surprise that I heard the news.
• We've known each other for some years now.
• We're going to be working together for some time (= a long time).
4. a small amount or number of something
• There is some hope that things will improve.
5. used with singular nouns to refer to a person, place, thing or time that is not known or not identified
• There must be some mistake.
• He's in some kind of trouble.
• She won a competition in some newspaper or other.
• I'll see you again some time, I'm sure.
6. used to express a positive or negative opinion about somebody/something
• That was some party!
• Some expert you are! You know even less than me.

Word Origin

• Old English sum, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hamōs ‘somehow’ and Sanskrit sama ‘any, every’.