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could anyone help me with grammar ? "there must be some mistake". l saw this sentence in a movie. l thought 'some' goes with plural. why is it not 'some mistakes'? could you clarify why they said some mistake instead of some mistakes? thankyou[emoji]
5 de set de 2018 13:33
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5 de setembro de 2018
I think it is a shortening of the phrase 'There must be some sort of mistake.' 'Some' can be used before an adjective when you don't know everything about the noun. For example: "I think it is some sort of tree", "There was some weird guy standing there". In casual speech, sometimes people use it before a noun as well. I hope this helps!
5 de setembro de 2018
Some can can be used with a plural - as in 'I'll have some of those oranges, please', but doesn't have to be. It can also be used when the exact number of the thing(s) being referred to is unknown, or is not relevant. So here it is referring to something unknown, an unknown mistake or mistakes, whether it's one or more is not important.
5 de setembro de 2018
because they did a mistake in the subtitle :)
5 de setembro de 2018
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