holmes Posted March 10, 2002 Share Posted March 10, 2002 This sentence I’ve taken from Test Preparation Kit of ETS: A mirage is an atmospheric optical illusion in what an observer sees a nonexistent body of water or an image of some object. Of course , the answer is B in which. But this means D is correct . Object is uncounted noun??? If not, is this sentence wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted March 14, 2002 Share Posted March 14, 2002 Great question!! This is a very common mistake; a lot of people think that some must always be followed by a plural noun. This is not true--it is very easy to use a singular noun after some (as we see here). And you know what? The funny thing is that we all already know this. Think about the words or phrases someday, someone, some year--they all have something in common. Can you figure it out? They all refer to a noun that is unidentified, i.e., a noun that we don't yet know about. Here's a very common example: Some guy called you while you were gone. In this case we use some guy because we don't know who it is. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmes Posted March 14, 2002 Author Share Posted March 14, 2002 Great answer!!! I GOT IT. Thanks a lot , Erin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poli Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Hi,pals! I just read the explanations about holmes`s question,but I didn`t get what word should be put instead ``object`? Thank u! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 No, "object" is correct as written. We need to change "in what" to "in which." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteor Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Thank a lot. I have undergone the answer now. I also understand other questions, for example: Some friend kicked me while I was reading some books yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kronique Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 is it some friends??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindaenvir Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 This sentence I’ve taken from Test Preparation Kit of ETS: A mirage is an atmospheric optical illusion in what an observer sees a nonexistent body of water or an image of some object. Of course , the answer is B in which. But this means D is correct . Object is uncounted noun? If not, is this sentence wrong? SOME used with singular countable nouns to refer to a person, place, thing or time that is not known or not identified: There must be some mistake. * He's in some kind of trouble. * She won a competition in some newspaper or other. * I'll see you again some time, I'm sure. Right?:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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