ABSTRACT
Some is a sUbjunct in Stevenson M 6') he bad paused, son,e halfway between me and the wreck.
17.16. Any is used as a subjunct before a comparative. The oldest example in the NED is from abo 1400; a slightly older one is Ch B 4618 If thou bigyle me Qlntl ofter than ones. I take this usage to be developed as a positive counterpart to no before comparatives (16.8); the influence of analogy cannot have worked till after the two OE words tlii and nan had been partly confused on account of the dropping of the final n.
