a someone vs someone

The correct phrase is "someone." Using "a someone" is not grammatically correct in English. The word "someone" is already indefinite, so adding the article "a" before it is unnecessary and incorrect.

Last updated: April 07, 2024 • 697 views

a someone

This is not correct in English. The word "someone" is already indefinite and does not require the article "a" before it.

Avoid using "a someone" as it is not a valid construction in English. Instead, use "someone" on its own to refer to an unspecified person.

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A remote bomb means there was a someone with a detonator nearby, watching.
I don't want a someone who is very committed to the North ideology.
By definition, revelation requires a someone who apprehends it.
I'm glad you found a someone to look after your son.
Really? You... you called me a someone?
Sockpuppet is a term used to refer to a someone who has created another account to cause a problem on a community.
Most of them were sold off, but if their tissue and blood type were a someone needing an organ transplant they were brought to me - a heart drawn on their hand.
Is this something a someone?
Does Herrick count as a someone?
"For she knows somewhere"Is a someone who is a someone for her
I bet that it would promote a someone.
You understand it's not a vocation for a someone of Gladys background.
P.s its not my book, I'm just a someone who used it.
And if your very image is of a someone who is everything but a model? As a plus size blogger, for example.
Hearing her say it to someone else, I knew that there would always be a someone else with her, 'cause that's who she is.
Can I embed a Tweet from a someone who chooses to protect their Tweets?
Which places in Tokyo would you recommend to a someone who's never been there?
Thomas Mann, to say that a someone who was not a Member of the European Parliament had used the Chamber for purposes of election campaigning (The President said that this would be investigated).
There is a someone special an adorable person for everyone then whether it's a busy man or a dreamer, this is a day of celebration for all.
Mary is not some abstract concept but a someone, some definite, living woman in definite, miserable, human circumstances, and concrete relationships of person, woman, and mother.

someone

This is the correct and commonly used form in English. "Someone" is an indefinite pronoun that refers to an unspecified person.

Use "someone" to refer to an unspecified person. It is already indefinite and does not require an article before it.

Examples:

Can someone help me with this?
I need someone to talk to.
Someone left their umbrella here.
Is someone knocking at the door?
I saw someone familiar at the party.

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Never marry someone much younger than yourself.
Because this person needs someone with a warm spirit.
I had a conversation with someone recently.
Having someone you love taken away.
You need someone like me to survive.
People wonder if you killed someone.
Put someone in the wedding dress.
I just wanted to tell someone.
Otherwise someone might get what they ordered.
Tell him someone listens to his conversations.
We brought someone to spring you.
Only someone who lives here can...
That music reminds me of someone weeping.
But caring about someone means making sacrifices.
I needed someone willing to travel abroad.
Imagine watching that happen to someone who you...
Well, someone named Bobby won.
If he did maybe someone got even.
Killing someone, walking around in their skin.
And someone gave you their official endorsement.

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