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Usage Glossary: A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

someone/some one

Someone refers to an unspecified member of a group of people. Some one refers to an unspecified member of a group of items or people that is being selected for individual attention.


Someone arrived at the meeting late.

We know that some one of the new robots has a defect, but we're not sure which.


In the latter usage, some can often be omitted without loss of clarity.


We know that one of the robots has a defect, but we're not sure which.

See also anyone/any one and everyone/every one.

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