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? |
| + |
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. |