in some months, in only some months

[ahsanul.irfan]

1. In some months, he sicked and died.
2. In only some months, he sicked and died.

Are these correct?

 

[Barque]

No.

He fell ill and died in the space of [just] a few months.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

No.

He fell ill and died in the space of [just] a few months.

"In just some months..." Is it also wrong?

 

[emsr2d2]

"In just some months..." Is it also wrong?

Yes, it's wrong. Bear in mind that "just a few" is a natural and common collocation, but "just some" isn't.

 

[Barque]

If "some months" was possible in any form, I'd have said so.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

Yes, it's wrong. Bear in mind that "just a few" is a natural and common collocation, but "just some" isn't.

"In just some months..." is wrong.
But "There are just some people who..." doesn’t sound wrong to me.

 

[Barque]

But "There are just some people who..." doesn’t sound wrong to me.

Why don't you give us the full sentence? It'll take just a few seconds more to type the words you've left out.

 

[ahsanul.irfan]

Why don't you give us the full sentence? It'll take just a few seconds more to type the words you've left out.

"There are just some people who can solve it."
"Just some people can solve it."

 

[Barque]

"There are just some people who can solve it."

Perhaps this is possible (though I'd prefer "just a few" or "only some"), but "just some" doesn't work in the sentence you asked about in #3.

Sometimes some combinations are acceptable in certain structures but not in others.

There are five native speakers from the UK and the US who've told you, either expressly or by their reactions, that it doesn't work in the sentence you originally asked about. Why is that so difficult to accept?