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Hachi8 Posted 12 years ago
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What is this "some" of "Would you like some coffee?"? What does it mean and when would you use it??
  

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This "some" is used with uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns to mean "a certain quantity/number of":

"I have some bad news."
"I bought you some chocolates."
"I need some time to think about it."
"Can you lend me some money?"

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