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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Some, any: further information ====== ====='Any' or 'either'? ===== <html><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Any</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is used to talk about more than two</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> people or things</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> and <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">either</span> about two</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I have lots of colleagues in the US but I haven't met<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> of them.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I've started writing two reports but haven't finished <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">either</span> of them.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br> </p></html> =====Word order ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Not <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span>' isn't usually used at the beginning of a sentence or clause:</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Not any of my friends work at weekends. </span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="21" id="40" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Not any food was provided. </span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><img height="21" id="40" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Instead, we use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">no </span>or <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">none</span>:</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>None </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>of my friends work at weekends.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>No </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>food was provided.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span></span></b><br> </p></html> ====='Any' + comparative ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use '<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>more' or '<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>longer' at the ends of sentences to indicate a situation that has changed:</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I used to smoke but I don't <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> more.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She doesn't work here <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> longer.</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></p> <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";'><br></span></b></p><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";'>Note that </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'any more' is sometimes written as 'anymore'. Whilst some authorities accept this as an alternative when it means 'any longer' or 'nowadays', it is considered less acceptable in the following sentence where 'any more problems' means 'any further/additional problems':</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She doesn't smoke <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span></u> <u>more/anymore</u> because she doesn't want <u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span></u> <u>more</u> problems.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></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> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> + other comparatives to mean 'even a little': <span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I don't know why they bought that house - I thought they wanted more space for the children but it isn't <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> bigger than their last one. [not even a little]</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Is this computer <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> faster than yours? [even a little faster?]</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>If he works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> more slowly than this, he'll never finish on time. [even if he works just a little more slowly]</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>S</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>imilarly, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>can mean 'at all':<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They sent a replacement but it isn't <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> different from the first one. It won't be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> use. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[no difference or use at all]</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can also use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>after a comparative to emphasise the difference between one thing and all others:</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's better than <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>of his other films.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It's more expensive than <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> other similar car on the market.</span></b> </p> <p> </p></html> ====='Any' in affirmative sentences ===== <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";'>Any </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>can be used in affirmative clauses beginning with 'before':<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Let's deal with it now <u>before</u> it causes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> problems.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Before</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> buying <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> new office furniture, we should decide exactly what we need.</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>And in affirmative sentences with 'hardly':</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Hardly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> of my colleagues work from home. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 21.3pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The temperature rose this week & there is hardly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> snow left.</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> =====Intensifiers ===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use intensifiers with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> to give extra information. Here are some examples: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <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="234" 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: 175.5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="307" 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: 229.9pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><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="234" 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: 175.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Almost', 'virtually'</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></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The meaning is 'it doesn't matter who/which'.</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></p></td> <td width="307" 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: 229.9pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can meet <u>almost</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> day next month.</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You can ask <u>virtually</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> member of the team for advice - most of them are experts. </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></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="234" 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: 175.5pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Hardly'</span></b></p> <p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about very small quantities and amounts. The meaning is similar to 'almost <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">no</span>/<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">none</span>' or very <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">few</span>/<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">little</span>'.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="307" 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: 229.9pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Hardly</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>of my friends speak fluent French.</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></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We won't be able to expand next year; there's <u>hardly</u> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>money left.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </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></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <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="130" id="1449" style="width: 115px; height: 102px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1449_05f60e3bfc7d65dcc9d6bca38c3baa1a.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;'><strong>Great - now I won't have to work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>longer!</strong></span></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;'></span> <p><img height="168" id="1179" style="width: 101px; height: 128px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1179_bb66b75f0c7b85299da67c1d39bb752e.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>There are hardly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any </span>problems that he can't fix although <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">some</span> of them take time.</strong></span></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;'></span> <p><img height="114" id="593" style="width: 104px; height: 98px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/593_4f59fee8c67c1a532cba9677b55193d8.jpg"> <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;'>If I have to wait <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> longer, I'll miss my connection.</span></b></p><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;'></span></b> <p><img height="102" id="621" style="width: 103px; height: 87px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/621_f80655a3d075e15e55799dc4eaa67d68.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;'><strong>The weather is bad but the airlines are working hard to prevent <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> delays. So there isn't <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">any</span> point complaining.</strong></span> </p> <p><br></p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]