Plural and Quantifiers: Some / Any

Use 'some' in positive sentences and offers/requests, and 'any' in negatives and most questions. They work with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

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Level A1 Nouns & Determiners

Summary

Use 'some' in positive sentences and offers/requests, and 'any' in negatives and most questions. They work with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

some/any + plural noun or uncountable noun

Examples

Common mistakes

• Don't use 'some' in negatives: NOT 'I don't have some money' → 'I don't have any money.'

Related

A / An (Indefinite Article)

More nouns & determiners

Plural Nouns A1

Most English nouns add -s to show more than one. Nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, or -x take -es, and a noun ending in consonant + y changes y to -ies.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns A2

Countable nouns can be counted and have plural forms; uncountable nouns name things we see as a mass and have no plural. The distinction controls which determiners and verbs you can use.

Possessive 's A1

Add 's to a noun to show ownership or relationship. For plural nouns already ending in -s, add only an apostrophe.

This, That, These, Those A1

These demonstratives point to things by number and distance. This/these are for things near you; that/those are for things farther away.

There Is and There Are A1

Use 'there is' and 'there are' to say that something exists or is present. The verb agrees with the noun that follows: singular takes 'is', plural takes 'are'.

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