Some (adjective) refers to unspecified things or numbers. Sum means "the whole amount, the total."
Some reporters are at the door.
The sum is too high for our budget.
(From Write for Business, page 238, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 50)
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Monday, August 23, 2010
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