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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Some, any====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="159" id="1455" style="width: 114px; height: 130px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1455_792045f6df3537c04e4ed32f6889dfbd.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I'd like <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> croissants, please."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>"Sorry, we don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>today."</span></b><br></p></html> =====Definition===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Some </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> any </span>are quantifiers.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><table style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Some</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Any</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Affirmative</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some </span>money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></p><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="FR" style='color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;'></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'><img height="31" id="40" style="width: 23px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></p></span></b></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Negative</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></p><span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="FR" style='color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;'></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'><img height="31" id="40" style="width: 23px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></p></span></b></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> money.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Interrogative</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you need <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> money?</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> money?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Singular countable nouns</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'><img height="31" id="40" style="width: 23px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'> </span></p><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.clker.com/clipart-3592.html"><span lang="FR" style='color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes; text-underline: none;'> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'></span></p></span></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> <span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'><img height="31" id="40" style="width: 23px; height: 19px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: FR; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-no-proof: yes;'></span> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Plural countable nouns</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> books.</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> books.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"> </p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Uncountable nouns</span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I need <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> information.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="205" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> information.</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> <br> </p></html> =====Use===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> any</span> to talk about quantities and amounts - not large and not small.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br> </p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="164" id="1742" style="width: 92px; height: 136px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1742_6f123252b7081b6f561de6eed51142cb.png"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong>She has <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some </span>flowers.</strong></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><img height="203" id="145" style="width: 91px; height: 132px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/145_e90766d4b5eebf84152d9a5f07e27da6.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>He doesn't have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><img height="108" id="183" style="width: 105px; height: 82px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/183_7b8124962c62a291c206cec324f2f215.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>Do you have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> questions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></strong></span> </p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]