{"id":10626,"date":"2019-07-15T15:46:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T13:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=10626"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:57","slug":"some-and-any","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/07\/some-and-any\/","title":{"rendered":"Some and Any"},"content":{"rendered":"

Level: Intermediate-Advanced<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Generally, some<\/strong> is used in positive sentences while any<\/strong> is used in negative sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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SOME<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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ANY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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They bought some<\/strong> donuts.<\/p>\n

My parents are always tired. They\u2019ve always got some<\/strong> work to do.<\/td>\n

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They didn\u2019t buy any<\/strong> flowers.<\/p>\n

His parents are lazy. They never do any<\/strong> work.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Any<\/strong> is also used when the meaning in the sentence is negative.<\/p>\n

They fired without any<\/strong> warning. (They didn\u2019t give<\/strong> a warning before firing.)<\/p>\n

She refuses to do anything<\/strong>. (She doesn\u2019t do<\/strong> anything.)<\/p>\n

Hardly anybody<\/strong> noticed the new signage. (Almost nobody noticed<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Some<\/strong> and any<\/strong> are both used in questions to talk about someone or something that you know exists<\/p>\n

Are you waiting for somebody<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Do you know anybody<\/strong> here?<\/p>\n

Some<\/strong> is used in questions to offer something or ask for things.<\/p>\n

Would you like some<\/strong> coffee?<\/p>\n

Can I have some<\/strong> money, please?<\/p>\n

Any<\/strong> is used in most questions especially when you don\u2019t know if that person or thing exists.<\/p>\n

Do you have any<\/strong> equipment?<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t find my mobile phone. Has anybody<\/strong> seen it?<\/p>\n

Any<\/strong> is often used after if.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If<\/strong> there are any<\/strong> questions, please raise your hands.<\/p>\n

If<\/strong> anyone<\/strong> calls, tell them I\u2019m out of the office.<\/p>\n

Let me know if<\/strong> there\u2019s anything<\/strong> I can do for you.<\/p>\n

Any<\/strong> is used if the idea of if<\/strong> is implied in the sentence.<\/p>\n

We are truly sorry for any<\/strong> inconvenience this issue caused you. (if<\/strong> the issue caused any inconvenience).<\/p>\n

Anyone<\/strong> who wishes to take on this project, please see me in my office. (if<\/strong> there is anyone)<\/p>\n

Any<\/strong> can be used to mean \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter which\u201d.<\/p>\n

You can choose any<\/strong> color. They all look good on you anyway.<\/p>\n

Which flight schedule should we book? \u2013 I don\u2019t care. Any<\/strong> schedule is fine with me.<\/p>\n

Compare: something<\/strong> and anything<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

A: I\u2019m bored. I want to do something<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

B: What would you like to do?<\/p>\n

A: It doesn\u2019t matter. Anything<\/strong>. (=something, but it doesn\u2019t matter what)<\/p>\n

Somebody\/someone\/anybody\/anyone<\/strong> are singular words.<\/p>\n

Someone<\/strong> was asking for you earlier but you were out for lunch.<\/p>\n

Across the world, when somebody<\/strong> becomes of age, they celebrate it with a big party.<\/p>\n

There wasn’t anybody\/anyone<\/strong> in the conference room.<\/p>\n

However, use them\/they\/their<\/strong> after somebody\/someone\/anybody\/anyone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Someone<\/strong> left their<\/strong> laptop in the break room. (=his or her laptop)<\/p>\n

If anybody<\/strong> wants to go home early, they<\/strong> can. (=he or she can)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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