Likethesky Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Why does "some of requirements" sound funny? - reposted
Hi,
I'm a native English speaker and I know that 'some of requirements' sounds funny and that 'some of the requirements' does not. Also, 'some requirements' also sounds fine.
Why is that?
My guess is that it is because the preposition 'of' needs a definite article ('the'), but I don't know why a preposition needs a definite article (and whether it's only in this case, or in all cases that all prepositions, or just the preposition 'of', needs to have the definite article in English, which is 'the' after it).
Thanks for any help/reflections/answers and/or links to answers that you might provide!
~ Brad
PS Re-posting this... I went and registered after seeing the complaint that too many people post anonymously. Hope this makes someone happier and that you can delete the other post!
The reason, I believe, why that happens, is because you make it so easy to post anonymously (which is great btw), but you should remind people on the 'post' page (very prominently) to register first. Even better, a BIG button that says, "Post this response and register me" (with text underneath that says, "registering is very simple and only requires a username, email, and password-takes 30 seconds") and then in addition to that big button, another small underlined link (no button) that says "Post this response anonymously" (with "please don't use unless you really have to-please register instead, it only takes a few seconds" underneath the link).
I'm a native English speaker and I know that 'some of requirements' sounds funny and that 'some of the requirements' does not. Also, 'some requirements' also sounds fine.
Why is that?
My guess is that it is because the preposition 'of' needs a definite article ('the'), but I don't know why a preposition needs a definite article (and whether it's only in this case, or in all cases that all prepositions, or just the preposition 'of', needs to have the definite article in English, which is 'the' after it).
Thanks for any help/reflections/answers and/or links to answers that you might provide!
~ Brad
PS Re-posting this... I went and registered after seeing the complaint that too many people post anonymously. Hope this makes someone happier and that you can delete the other post!
The reason, I believe, why that happens, is because you make it so easy to post anonymously (which is great btw), but you should remind people on the 'post' page (very prominently) to register first. Even better, a BIG button that says, "Post this response and register me" (with text underneath that says, "registering is very simple and only requires a username, email, and password-takes 30 seconds") and then in addition to that big button, another small underlined link (no button) that says "Post this response anonymously" (with "please don't use unless you really have to-please register instead, it only takes a few seconds" underneath the link).
Top answer
likethesky 'some of requirements' sounds funny and that 'some of the requirements' does not. Also, 'some requirements' also sounds fine. "The requirements" describes a finite number of requirements.
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likethesky 'some of requirements' sounds funny and that 'some of the requirements' does not. Also, 'some requirements' also sounds fine."The requirements" describes a finite number of requirements. (definite article)
"Some requirements" describes a random number of requirements. (a few requirements)
"Some of requirements" is sort
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