After reading "Is everyone" singular or plural?", I would refrain from asking this question, but the husband of a colleague of mine (English professor, native speaker of British English) stated against it, so I am looking for further enlightenment.
He advocates some should be solely used to refer to plural forms. Thus,
some non-existent towns
is perfectly correct, but
some non-existent town
should be replaced by
a non-existent town
Is that true?
Best Answer
Some indeed can be use in this general sense.
If you visit OneLook, you'll see several meanings of the word some. One of them reads:
So, saying:
are both perfectly acceptable. As a matter of fact, if you made the noun plural:
That would imply that we are stopping at more than one restaurant.