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Par. 220-222.] WORDS OF NUMBER.

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220 " No," "any," "some," are used as Adverbs
answering to the question " How much more?"
in -
(3) "He slept no more," i.e. " no longer;" "did not
sleep any more, much more," i.e. "any, much,
longer."
221 " More " is used as a Noun in -
(4) " He is always asking for more."
(5) " I want, (or) I said, no more."
Here "no" may be regarded either as an Adjective making up part of a compound Noun, "nomore," or perhaps, more correctly, as an Adverb
modifying the anomalous Adverbial Noun "more."'
222 " Some: "
(1) "I had some difficulty," Adjective of Amount.
(2) "I saw some children," Adjective of Number.
(3) " He will come some time or other," Adjective of
Indefiniteness.
(4) " Some one or other said so," Adjective of Indefiniteness.
(5) " Some twenty men arrived," i.e. "about,"
Adverb.
Compare, for the Adverbial use of "some,"
Shakespeare's use of the word:(6) "I would detain you here some month or two."
(7) " Some hour (i.e. about an hour) before you took
ne."
1 For the Adverbial use of " no," see Index.