Quotes about "some"

• Adj: quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; examples: "have some milk", "some roses were still blooming", "having some friends over", "some apples", "some paper"

• Adj: relatively many but unspecified in number; examples: "they were here for some weeks", "we did not meet again for some years"

• Adj: remarkable; examples: "that was some party", "she is some skier"

• Adj: relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; examples: "we talked for some time", "he was still some distance away"

• Adv: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; examples: "lasted approximately an hour", "in just about a minute", "he's about 30 years old", "I've had about all I can stand", "we meet about once a month", "some forty people came", "weighs around a hundred pounds", "roughly $3,000", "holds 3 gallons, more or less", "20 or so people were at the party"