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Some is a complicated little word: it participates in a variety of distinct constructions; it expresses a variety of subtly different meanings; and its use is subject to constraints which do not apply to other words with similar meanings. In this paper, I hope to sort out some of this complexity: to present some basic facts about some’s uses, and to offer some explanation for the ways some can and cannot be used. But while this paper purports to be about some, it is also, in some sense, about any. In fact, it could hardly be otherwise. The close relation between these forms—in particular, their puzzling, polarity sensitive pattern of suppletion—requires that any account of some should include at least some explanation of its relation to any. More than that, a proper understanding of the ways some can and cannot be used may shed light on some of the enduring controversies which surround any. The basic questions with any are in fact precisely those which confront us with some: how, if at all, are the different uses of this form related to each other; and why are these uses constrained in the peculiar ways they are. Ultimately I will argue that the evidence from some offers important, if somewhat indirect, support for a unified analysis of any as an indefinite determiner. The argument is essentially analogical in form. Starting from the assumption that some and any share a close semantic relation, my goal is to see how much of the analysis of some might apply to any. I will argue that the parallelism between the two is stronger than is commonly supposed, and that consequently, the way we analyze one of them should significantly constrain the way we analyze the other. 1. Some facts about any and some.

Some and the Pragmatics of Indefinite Construal