有读者问： 有这样一句话：
(1)Each year some 24,000 bulls die in Spanish bull rings with a sword plunged into their hearts.
这里的some与about有何区别？
some在此与about在意义上没有什么区别，都是“大约”的意思。但在语气上，some则较about强，往往有“高达”或“多至”的含义，再如：
(2)They have exported some four million tons of bootlaces this year.
(3)Some 86 per cent of the peasants are landless.
同样，在下面一些例句中，some亦有“偏高”(appreciative)的含义：
(4)It was some party!
(5)That is some dog.
有时，恰恰相反，some则具有贬义，如：
(6)He must be some relation of her.
(7)He married some silly little girl.
(8)There must be some job I could do.
下面句中的some such也多少含有贬义：
(9)You know that this man had been concerned in some such matter.
