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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: some |
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| Overall, his films have generated some $2.5 billion in box-office receipts. Does that put pressure on you, that Cruise better produce? |
The quote is Larry king's interview with Tom Cruise on TV.
In the quote, I have two questions. One is that I want to know the meaning of 'some' in the above sentence and get some examples of it. The other is that I'd like to know if 'Cruise better produce.' is grammatically correct. I think 'Cruise has to produce films better.' is correct rather than 'Cruise better produce.' But I'm not sure. Please help me.
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damon@English24/7
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Hi,
Some is commonly used in speech as you would use about in reference to a quantity. For example:
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| There are some six thousand MacDonalds Restaurants accross the US. |
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| There are some two billion learners of English. |
To understand the second part of the sentence, you should think of it as if "Cruise better produce" is a direct quote from an unnamed director or producer or studio person making a threat. By "produce" the unnamed person means that "Cruise's films better produce money because they are paying him so much." You could write it this way:
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| Does that put pressure on you, that "Cruise better produce?" |
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