Full Idea
We would do much better to call 'some' the 'partial quantifier' (rather than the 'existential quantifier'), on analogy with the universal quantifier - as neither of them logically implies existence.
Gist of Idea
'Partial quantifier' would be a better name than 'existential quantifier', as no existence would be implied
Source
Colin McGinn (Logical Properties [2000], Ch.2)
Book Reference
McGinn,Colin: 'Logical Properties' [OUP 2003], p.35
A Reaction
Like McGinn's other suggestions in this chapter, this strikes me as a potentially huge clarification in linguistic analysis. I wait with interest to see whether the philosophical logicians take it up. I bet they don't.