OT: My poll results (usage of the word "some")

[ILLINOISLION]

Depends on your definition of cookies.

Non-chocolate chip, some = 1.

Chocolate chip, some = 9.

 

[Bushwood CC]

Depends on your definition of cookies.

Non-chocolate chip, some = 1.

Chocolate chip, some = 9.

What like, mich-nitwit makes me want to toss my cookies or is it some of my chocolate chip cookies.....all of my non-chocolate chip cookies, etc... That's a good idea for a Poll, how many of your cookies does mich-nitwit make you want to toss?

 

[NitNE73]

"Some," used the way you did in your question, is ambiguous. What I find interesting is your need to prove that you are right.

 

[NittanyAmerica]

Sometimes you have to define the sum total of some things

N i t t a n y A m e r i c a

 

[mn78psu83]

"Existential quantification." Sounds like something a fraternity brother of mine might come up with after smoking a joint.

Brother 1:
"Hey man, I just smoked a doobie and was thinking about having some cookies. All of a sudden I was in an ecstatic state of motus animi continuus and I came up with this here on my notepad.

An existential quantification is a type of quantifier, a logical constant which is interpreted as "there exists," "there is at least one," or "for some."

"I love predicate logic dude! Give me another doobie. I'm a little stuck on the rules of inference part man. I need to tie up the loose ends. Also, get me some cookies bro! I have the munchies and want some, but I'm not sure whether I want 1 or all of them."

Brother 2: "What are you talking about dude? Some is not 1. It's some, you know, more than 1 and not all."

Brother 1: "Ah dude. You didn't even read what I wrote. It's logically sound man. Let's not talk about it anymore. Normal human communication is so untruthful."

Brother 2: Watches as Brother 1 eats all of the cookies. "You ate all of them."

Brother 1: "That's right. I said I was going to eat some, so I ate them all."

Brother 2: "You are messed up man. Don't try to tell me that some is all too."

Brother 1: "Of course, it is dude! The range for some is 1 - 100%. I said I was eating some. Some does not exclude the possibility that all have the characteristic of being a cookie. Now if I had said, I want some, but not all. See! I love logic man! One last thing, the some can be all thing is actually what I've decided to call "universal quantification." That's why I wanted the second doobie. I'm stoked! No more conversation though."

 

[snider]

One thing is for sure. Mn78psu83 has some knowledge about these things. Now, what if a person wanted some some?

 

[mn78psu83]

One thing is for sure. Mn78psu83 has some knowledge about these things. Now, what if a person wanted some some?

That's out of my league. Better ask either Marylin Vos Savant or michnittlion.

 

[slwlion]

For those who care about this rather bizarre discussion some of us have had, I did ask my friends/family/colleagues (like I said I word), and I now have results to share.

These are the honest 100% results, and I now present them without further comment.

Question posed: "This is a yes/no question, you must answer one or the other. If there are 10 cookies on a plate, and I eat 1 of those 10 cookies, it is the correct usage of the word "some" if I make a statement of "I ate some of the cookies that were on that plate?"

Yes --- 13 out of 35. (37%)
No --- 22 out of 35. (63%)

(no, I am not among the 35 people who answered)

As I recall from Grammar school (a very long time ago) some was an unspecified number.. So as one educated in the 50's the answer is yes..

 

[LafayetteBear]

Results of my poll on who thinks you're a degenerate, shameless, zero-integrity, scUM-loving BOT-bot @sskissing idiot and moron (e.g., a "poser") or a true PSU fan being genuine :

Degenerate, shameless, zero-integrity, scUM-loving BOT-bot @sskissing idiot and moron "poser":

100%

A true genuine PSU fan:

Some of none otherwise known as 0%​

Bushwood, Tell us what you really think of the dude, and stop holding back. Classic. LOL...

 

[Fac]

We must be married to the same person.