I'm going to buy ____ trousers this weekend. |
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Added: June 2004 |
Comments:
| cyril - 23rd June 2004 12:08
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| Well, are you buying a pair or some (i.e. more than one pair)?
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| geoff - 8th July 2004 00:04
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| I might use 'some' for a single pair as well as more than one pair.
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| MrTrilby - 1st February 2006 13:40
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| Badly-set question. Both are fine.
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| ADAMIROX - 8th October 2006 15:01
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| Some does not sound natural
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| Trish - 20th December 2006 13:58
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| Yes, it doesn't sound natural. Some could mean a number of trousers. what if the number is an odd number when trousers comes in pairs like scissors. You can't cut something with a single blade.
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| gardemarine - 10th January 2007 17:24
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I think "some" is used when referring to an indefinite number of objects. We can say, for example, "I need to get some change". I don't really know the exact number of coins that I need, I just need enough to buy something.
In case if I need to buy more than one pair of trousers, I would not say "some", but "two pairs of trousers" or "three pairs...".
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| Dalriata - 21st April 2007 23:32
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| You should never say "some" in this context. As 'gardemarine' suggests, one might say, "two pairs of". To extend this though, one might also say, "some pairs of trousers".. or simply, "trousers" .. which is a bit more vague.
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| Levi - 16th August 2007 22:03
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| 'some' sounds better to me.
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