This about a tutorial in which an author tells to create some computer files if there is not any computer file in a specific computer folder. I am not sure if it is proper the sentence: "If there are not any project files in a project directory, create some, for example, this way:"
First, can it be no noun after "some"? The noun is in one's mind. Second, can "for example" be associated with a way of doing something? Usually, it is associated with nouns or adjectives.
Some is frequently used as a pronoun, as in:
As we are short of apples, please get SOME from the market.
The noun apples is understood from the first half of sentence.
It's like saying:
The new vacuum cleaners are brilliant; THOSE are what we need to clean the floor.
The phrase for example can be used to introduce any construction, whether just a noun, a phrase or a clause.
You need to be aware of dangerous insects, for example, ticks.
You need to be aware of dangerous insects, for example, small black ticks.
You need to be aware of dangerous insects, for example, the small black ticks that you find in the long grass.
