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some friends vs some of my friends

Both "some friends" and "some of my friends" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Some friends" is a general reference to an unspecified group of friends, while "some of my friends" is more specific, referring to a portion of a known group of friends.

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some friends

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to an unspecified group of friends.

This phrase is used when talking about friends in a general sense without specifying who they are.

Examples:

I'm meeting some friends for dinner tonight.
Some friends are coming over to watch a movie.
She went out with some friends last night.

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Not unless they brought some friends with them.
I switched shifts to help some friends.
Later, thanks to some friends...
Now I'd like you to meet some friends.
Hang out with some friends or something.
You got to have some friends on the inside.
Actually, I was just about to go out with some friends.
No, she went out with some friends.
It's just we've got some friends waiting.
I'm in a race with some friends later on.
I'm just going to a café with some friends.
I'm helping some friends out with security.
He has some friends on the advisory committee.
She'll be with some friends from shool.
I do wish you'd find some friends.
I was lonely, so I invited some friends over.
So I was having an argument with some friends the other day.
I was in a restaurant with some friends.
And we have some friends that live here.
I'm sure Rebecca has some friends you'd like to forget.

Alternatives:

a few friends
several friends
a group of friends
a bunch of friends
a number of friends

some of my friends

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to a specific subset of friends that the speaker knows.

This phrase is used when referring to a portion of a known group of friends, specifying that they are part of the speaker's social circle.

Examples:

Some of my friends are coming to the party.
I invited some of my friends to the event.
She introduced me to some of her friends.

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I would like you to meet some of my friends.
I heard you messed with some of my friends last night.
Lord knows some of my friends are just shrubs I put hats on and get high with.
I'd like to introduce you to some of my friends.
And I brought some of my friends from my new no-cut a cappella club to help me.
I'm worried because I checked with some of my friends on the committee and one of your Seattle Grace doctors didn't pass.
I was talking to some of my friends.
Take her on a date tonight and I will bring some of my friends to beat you up, but we will let you win.
We're about to walk into the middle of some of my friends.
Maria, these are some of my friends you've not met.
Now, I'll be honest - some of my friends wondered if Mr. Wellington would ever accept the guy that used to clean his boat as his son-in-law, but the... lovely and surprising truth is he doesn't have a choice.
But some of my friends and in particularly my brother are puzzled by the mystery.
I must say that some of my friends say that I am quite gifted in some respects, but I am not yet gifted enough to be able to read what is not written.
Now, for a period of three years, I gathered data, not just me but also some of my friends, and I used to teach in university, so I forced my - I mean, I asked my students to do this as well.
Some of my friends moved there forever because their parents were narcs.
Some of my friends will have to drop out.
- Some of my friends don't appreciate it.
Some of my friends speak English well.
Some of my friends drink whisky and beer.
Some of my friends who know about my secret diary... have suggested that, given their despair, I should stop writing.

Alternatives:

a few of my friends
several of my friends
a group of my friends
a bunch of my friends
a number of my friends

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