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Dear Alan | Abbreviations: Mister versus Mr., Mrs., Ms
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free accommodation #1 (permalink) Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:56 am   free accommodation		  
1. I got some free accommodation in the hotel.
2. I got free accommodation in the hotel.
3. I was given some free accommodation in the hotel.
4. I was given free accommodation in the hotel.
Which are correct sentences?
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free accommodation #2 (permalink) Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:00 am   free accommodation		  
They're all acceptable, though 1 and 3 sound a little 'clumsy'. You don't really need 'some'.
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free accommodation #3 (permalink) Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:50 am   free accommodation		  

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Hi Allifathima,

The word 'some' is called a partitive article, which is different from the definite article 'the' and the indefinite article 'a'. Of course you can use no article at all as in 'free accommodation' on its own. The description 'partitive' suggests 'a certain amount of'. When you say:
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I got some free accommodation in the hotel
you are saying possibly that it was limited or only perhaps for a limited period.

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