一些 VS 一点儿
我儿子生病了。昨天吃了感冒药。现在好一些了。

This is from my Mandarin textbook. I am wondering why they are using 一些 instead of 一点(儿) here.

I thought that 一些 is only used for things you can count, like "一些书".

Why do they use 一些 here? Do I have to use it in this sentence or is "现在好一点儿了" also fine?

Question

一些 VS 一点儿
我儿子生病了。 昨天吃了感冒药。 现在好一些了。

This is from my Mandarin textbook. I am wondering why they are using 一些 instead of 一点(儿) here.

I thought that 一些 is only used for things you can count, like "一些书".

Why do they use 一些 here? Do I have to use it in this sentence or is "现在好一点儿了" also fine?

Answer

一些 is an adv. here
现在好一点儿了 = 现在好一些了

一点 ：好一点了。a bit better.
             加一点酱油。 add some soy sauce.

一些：一些书。some books
            好一些了。a bit better

Answer

总的来说，一些>一点儿
我有一些糖 和 我有一点儿糖 前者比后者的糖多一点儿
我好一些了（我好些了） 和 我好一点儿了（我好点儿了） 前者比后者更多一些

Answer

I think both of them are fine!
Like amen's mention, 一些 is more than 一點兒 when it comes to amounts of things.