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#1 2017-09-23 09:31:42

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
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some << sum

We haven’t really discussed “some of money” on the Forum. It’s quite a common replacement for “sum of money,” as you can see in this list of Google hits” for “large some of money.” Google ngram suggests that the switch happens in about a tenth of one percent of published sources.


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#2 2017-09-25 03:03:01

Peter Forster
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Re: some << sum

More some/summary. It may be that ‘zero-some’ is being used like tiresome or lonesome in sum examples.

Unfortunately, Kenya has taken on a dangerous trajectory in which politics is being played as a zero-some game where winning, whatever the method, is all that matters.

But, the good news is that it’s not a zero-some game.

So we are in a situation where it’s a zero-some game. No matter which side you may be on. Such is the political landscape as we enter into the …

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#3 2017-09-25 15:54:02

Dixon Wragg
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From: Cotati, California
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Re: some << sum

Peter Forster wrote:

It may be that ‘zero-some’ is being used like tiresome or lonesome in sum examples.

Or it may be that the perps are thinking one player will get zero and the other player will get some.

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#4 2017-09-25 17:10:24

DavidTuggy
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Re: some << sum

I think you’re right, Dixon. Which of course does not deny that Peter’s analysis may be right for some perps as well/instead.


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