關於somebody and something的用法

以下有3個網站講到somebody:

1.) one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=somebody

2.) An unspecified or unknown person
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=somebody

3. )重要人物,有名氣的人[C]
His wife is now somebody in television.
他的妻子現在是電視界的大人物了。
http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=somebody&Submit=+%ACd%A6r+

其實somebody 等如someone, 係某人 or 某些人
something 係某件事 or 某些事

兩者都是pronoun (代名詞), 作第三身單數論, 所以在somebody or something之後的verb (動詞) 應加s / es (現在式時), 例如:

1. ) Somebody misses you.(某人掛念你)
2. ) There is something that I cannot tell you (那裡有些事我不能告訴你)

比條題目你試下:
1.) I can heard ___________ singing the birthday song.
2.) She looked in the refrigerator for ______________ to eat.







answer係
1.)somebody
因為只有"人"才會singing the birthday song, 物件是不會singing的
2.) something
因為佢係搵某些物件吃, 我想佢唔會搵某些人吃卦! 哈哈~

如果仲有d咩唔明, welcome to email me~

To make it simple, we usually regard somebody and something as single. So, it should be "There is something that I cannot tell you." or "There is somebody whom you want to meet."

For example,
1. Something is about to happen.
2. Somebody wants to meet you.

Depending whether the something refer to a plural objects or singular objects. For the former, you should use are; or else you should use is.