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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

(chess)some

Hi.
May I omit 'some' or use any other quantifier in:
Fortunately for Black, Capablanca gave this position some attention many years ago

?Thanks in advance
  

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Yes you may, depending on what you wish to express.

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  • Yes you may, depending on what you wish to express.
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Yes you may, depending on what you wish to express.
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Explain please, I didn't understand you.
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What is the purpose of omitting some or replacing it with a different quantifier? What thought are you trying to express?
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I want to know what function does 'some' serve? So I try to eliminate it
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You can leave it out if you want. He gave it some attention means that he wrote something about it. You could say that he gave it lots of attention, or a little attention, but of course, those would convey different ideas than some attention.
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