Friday, 17 February 2012

Quantifiers: Some and Any


General rules:
SOME is used in affirmative statements with uncountable nouns.
ANY is used in questions.
ANY is used in negative statements with plural countable nouns.
ANY is used in negative statements with uncountable nouns.


COUNTABLE
UNCOUNTABLE

Singular
Plural
Always singular
AFFIRMATIVE

SOME1
SOME6
NEGATIVE
ANY2
ANY3
ANY7
INTERROGATIVE
ANY4
ANY5
ANY8

  1. There are some books.
  2. There isn't any book.
  3. There aren't any books.
  4. Is there any book?
  5. Are there any books?
  6. There is some sugar.
  7. Is there any sugar?
  8. There isn't any sugar.

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