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Is there any difference (in nuances, or commonness, ...) between the following sentences?
When John is angry, he lets out some oaths.
When John is angry, he lets out oaths.
When John is angry, he lets out oath.
Is there any general rule regarding the difference between Xs and some Xs? I've already seen coffee vs. some coffee , but it seems to me to be about the particular case in which X=coffee.
"When John is angry, he lets out some oaths."
Each time John is angry, he lets out/utters a number of oaths greater than one (this is indicated by the plural 'oaths').
some determiner (UNKNOWN AMOUNT) an amount or number of something that is not stated or not known Cambridge Dictionaries
"When John is angry, he lets out oaths."
Each time John is angry, he habitually lets out one or more oaths. The absence of the determiner'some' means that the number of oaths, while still unknown, could be one.
"When John is angry, he lets out oath."
Not proper English. Either an oath or oaths (plural) or some oaths.
According to "Практическая грамматика английского языка" by Качалова, there is. For example, if an Englishman says: - "He has sent me some magazines from Leningrad" - he means that he received a certain AMOUNT of magazines. But, when he says: - "He has sent me magazines from Leningrad" - he means that he received magazines, and not bears or balalaikas.
