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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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a someone named J

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00Which sentence is right?02br
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00I01i00 met a someone named John Smith.02i02br
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01i00I met someone named John Smith.02i02br
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00Can you think of any examples that have "a someone" in it (00them00?)?0-
  

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0"Someone" is a pronoun, so you don't use an article before it. ". 0-

— Pieanne

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0"Someone" is a pronoun, so you don't use an article before it. You can say "I met 01b00a02b00 01b00man02b00 named ...". The second sentence is correct.0-
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1i00A someone02i00 appears rarely, I suppose. I much prefer your second sentence for all practical purposes.02br
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00Googling gives some examples:02br
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01i00How to locate 01b00a someone02b00 who is or was in the Navy.02br
00Somewhere There's 01b00a Someone02b00/The
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