Grammar Reference

Determiners

Some, any

Use some and any with uncountable and plural countable nouns.

  Some
(restricted quantity)
Any
(unrestricted quantity)
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requests (expecting the answer "yes")
Can I have some sugar?
open questions
Do you have any sugar?
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expressing existence
We have some sugar.
meaning the exact person/thing isn't important
Any sugar is better than no sugar!
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sentences with negative meaning
We never have any sugar.