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Alex+ Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Someone of them

The situation: one man of the group has left his umbrella, but we don’t know who exactly.
Which sentence is correct in this situation?

1. Someone of them has left his umbrella.

2. Some of them has left his umbrella.
  

Top answer

Neither: One of them has left his umbrella. or Someone has left his umbrella.

  • Neither: One of them has left his umbrella.
  • or Someone has left his umbrella.
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7 Answers
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Neither:
One of them has left his umbrella.
or
Someone has left his umbrella.
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OR:

Someone in the group (from the group, from among them) has left his umbrella.
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Hi,

The situation: one man of the group has left his umbrella, but we don’t know who exactly.
Which sentence is correct in this situation?

1. Someone of them has left his umbrella.

2. Some of them has left his umbrella.



As noted above, we'd typically say instead 'Someone has left his umbrella'.



#1 is wrong. However, #2 is corr
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Thank you for your answers.

Can you answer another two questions?

1. Does the expression “some of them” or “some of those people” always mean “numbers greater than one”? So the correct sentence is “Some of them have left their umbrellas.”?

2. Which form (with “one” or with “body”) is used oftener?

Someone / somebody
Anyone / anybody
Everyone / everybody
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My turn.

1. Does the expression “some of them” or “some of those people” always mean “numbers greater than one”?-- Yes.

So the correct sentence is “Some of them have left their umbrellas.”?-- Or 'umbella'. Yes, if there is more than one abandoned umbrella.

2. Which form (with “one” or with “body”) is used oftener?-- I'd say that '-body' appea
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Thank you very much.

At last I understood how “some of” works.
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Some of them has left his umbrella

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