| "Some": an emergent article? |
[Nov. 20th, 2005|05:06 pm] |
Was in a cafe today, heard the waiter say: "I will be back with some menu".
Normal usage to me, but a friend (lives outside of the US) was amused. Like, will she just choose a random menu? Anyway, it does seem that "some" is often taking place of "a" in spoken American English. But does it qualify as an article? I wonder if linguists have anything to say about this. |
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