Some is used before a number to mean 'approximately':
• Some 80% of all those eligible took part in the vote. (= approximately 80%)
• There were some 20,000 people at the protest march. (= approximately 20,000)
When it is used in this way, some is usually pronounced
When we want to emphasise that we can't say exactly which person or thing we are talking
about because we don't know or can't remember, we can use some instead of a/an with a
noun. When it is used in this way, some is pronounced
/SAITI/:
• • I was asked a really difficult question by some student in class two.
We use the phrase some (thing) or other in a similar way:
• I bought them from some shop or other in the High
(not ...from a shop or other...)
Countable and uncountable nouns
Zero article =
Some and
=
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