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How to spell some

Some is spelled S-O-M-E.

What it means: An unspecified quantity or number.

In a sentence: I would like some ice cream, please. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Not to be confused with: sum, a different word.

Same family: somewhat, somehow, someone, somebody, something. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Some comes from Old English "sum," meaning "a certain one" or "a particular amount." It is related to the same root that gives us "same" and even the mathematical word "sum."

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