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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"Some" before some group words

Hi. Please tell me if the following are correct. Please see the underlined parts. Thank you for your help in advance.

1. Some of the congregation were happy.
2. Some of the group were happy.
3. Some of the horde were happy.
  

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Anonymous . Please tell me if the following are correct Yes, they are.

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Anonymous. Please tell me if the following are correct
Yes, they are.
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Thank you. I think the words and phrases like "some," "many," "a few" and "a lot of" are called quantifiers. Now, I think we can substitute "some" nicely with the quantifiers "many" and "a few" for the following examples, but it does seem awkward (at best), if not wrong, to substitute the quantifier "a lot of" for "some." If you agree with what I said, why is that?
Thank you again for your hel
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AnonymousA lot of the congregation/group/horde were happy. -- Not correct?
Correct, common and colloquial.
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