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Лена Лемешева Posted 6 years ago
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Can I use -some-?

There's _____ cup on the wooden table.

  

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There's __ a ___ cup on the wooden table. Just states a fact. There's _ some ____ cup on the wooden table.

— Clive

  • There's __ a ___ cup on the wooden table.
  • Just states a fact.
  • There's _ some ____ cup on the wooden table.
  • Adds the nuance that the speaker does not know who the cup belongs to, and probably doesn't even care who it belongs to.
  • Clive
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There's __a___ cup on the wooden table. Just states a fact.

There's _some____ cup on the wooden table. Adds the nuance that the speaker does not know who the cup belongs to, and probably doesn't even care who it belongs to.

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