Use of "SOME" and "ANY". Learn how to differentiate them

USE OF SOME AND ANY

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These words  Some and Any can be a little bit tricky when using. But luckily We have just prepared some easy lessons for you so that you can learn how to use them correctly with short lessons.

So,

Some means ' a certain (not large) numbers or amount of', We use some when we don't care about the quantity or how large explicitly something is (1) .In addition some is used  in affirmative sentences with countable and uncountable nouns(2).

We also use some in questions when we expect people to say "YES"(for example: In requests and offers).(3)

• She's got some interesting ideas.         (1)-(2)
• Would you like some bread?               (3)-(2)
• There is some money on the table       (2)

Any has the same meaning of some but instead we use it in negative sentences , in most question, with if  and with words like never,hardly,without,refuse,doubt (which have a negative kind of meaning).

• Do you have any pets in your house?
• Do you have any money?
• I don't have any homework for today
• We got to the top of the hill without any difficulty.

Summary:


We use some and any when we don't care about the quantity of something It's a totally undefined or unknown quantity and also with uncountable and uncountable nouns.

We use some  in affirmative  sentences and  in questions and JUST QUESTIONS  when we expect the answer of to be affirmative and not negative.

We use any in negative sentences, in questions and with  certain words whose meaning tends to be negative.

¿Do you want to know what is the difference between somebody and anybody?

If the answer is yes ;Then read this article:

Difference between somebody and anybody