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            <title><![CDATA[How to use some and any]]></title>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>(somebody, someone, something) and (anybody, anything)</em></p><p>According to the <em>English Grammar in Use (Second Edition) </em>in general we use <strong>SOME</strong> in <strong>positive sentences</strong> and <strong>ANY</strong> in <strong>negative sentences and most questions:</strong></p><ul><li>(+) We bought some flowers.</li><li>(-) We didn’t buy any flowers.</li><li>(?) Did we buy any flowers?</li></ul><h3><strong>ANY</strong></h3><p>We use <strong>ANY</strong> in <strong>negative</strong> <strong>sentences</strong> or when the <strong>meaning</strong> of the sentence is <strong>negative</strong>:</p><p><em>She went out </em><strong><em>without</em></strong><em> </em><strong><em>any</em></strong><em> money.<br>He </em><strong><em>refused</em></strong><em> to eat </em><strong><em>anything</em></strong><em>.</em></p><blockquote><em>In these cases the word is preceded by oder words that have a negative meaning, such as the preposition without or frequency adverbs that are used to refer to things that almost never happen or do not happen very often, such as: hardly</em>, <em>rarely</em>, <em>scarcely</em> and <em>seldom.</em></blockquote><p><strong>ANY</strong> is also used in <strong>most questions</strong>:</p><p><em>Have you got </em><strong><em>any</em></strong><em> luggage</em><strong><em>?</em></strong><em><br>Has </em><strong><em>anybody</em></strong><em> seen my bag</em><strong><em>?</em></strong></p><p>We often use <strong>ANY</strong> <strong>after if</strong>:</p><p><strong><em>If</em></strong><em> there are </em><strong><em>any</em></strong><em> letters for me, can you send them on to this address? <br>Let me know </em><strong><em>if</em></strong><em> you need </em><strong><em>anything</em></strong><em>.</em></p><p>Or when the sentence have the <strong>idea of if</strong>:</p><p><em>I’ m sorry for any trouble I’ve caused. <br></em>(If I have caused any trouble)</p><p>We also use <strong>ANY</strong> with the meaning <strong>“it doesn’t matter which”</strong></p><p><em>You can catch any bus. They all go to the centre.<br></em>(it doesn’t matter which bus your catch)</p><h3>SOME</h3><p><strong>SOME</strong> is used in <strong>positive sentences</strong> but, despite in most questions we use ANY, we should use <strong>SOME</strong> in questions when we <strong>expect the answer to be “yes”</strong>:</p><p><em>What is wrong? Have you got something in your eye? <br></em>(It seems that you have got something in your eye so I expect the answers to be yes.)</p><p>We also use <strong>SOME</strong> in questions when we are <strong>offering</strong> or <strong>asking</strong> for things:</p><p><em>Would you like something to eat? </em>(offer)<em><br>Can I have some sugar, please? </em>(ask)</p><p>Or we can also use <strong>SOME to talk about a person/thing that we know/think exists.</strong></p><p>Are you waiting for somebody?</p><p><strong>SOME:</strong> positive sentences, questions (talk about a person or a think we knows or think exists; to offer or ask for things; when we expect the answer to be yes).</p><p><strong>ANY: </strong>negative sentences, negative meaning, most questions, after if, when the sentence have the idea of if, with the meaning “it doesn’t matter which”.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=df406c8c4990" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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