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Jan 2022
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Quantifiers 'some' and 'any'

F. Dave Whassom
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As a general rule, we use: - 'some' for affirmative sentences; - 'any' for questions or negative sentences.  Usually, both 'some' and 'any' can only be used with countable plural nouns or uncountable nouns. 
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