wrholt
January 20, 2012, 10:26 PM
Yes, I wanted to have a general statement about getting information about some/any of the stores. Rusty didn't like my usage of "algunas" either, and I don't know what to change it to - unas? I thought that just meant 'some'??:)
In the context in which you wrote "algunas tiendas", you had already been talking about a particular set of stores. "Algunas tiendas" is appropriate to introduce a set of stores as a new topic. In this context it feels like you're trying to change the topic to talk about a brand-new set of stores, but the rest of the sentence suggests that you're not talking about a different set of stores, and that leaves me wondering what you really want to say.
Rusty's suggestions would work. "Algunas de las tiendas" might also work.
In the context in which you wrote "algunas tiendas", you had already been talking about a particular set of stores. "Algunas tiendas" is appropriate to introduce a set of stores as a new topic. In this context it feels like you're trying to change the topic to talk about a brand-new set of stores, but the rest of the sentence suggests that you're not talking about a different set of stores, and that leaves me wondering what you really want to say.
Rusty's suggestions would work. "Algunas de las tiendas" might also work.