Sunday, January 12, 2014

Quantifiers (A / SOME / 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
A1
SOME2
SOME7
NEGATIVE
ANY3
ANY4
ANY8
INTERROGATIVE
ANY5
ANY6
ANY9

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

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