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tisogai
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 Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:58 am Post subject: any |
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Please help me understand the correct usage of "any".
1. Do you have any brothers or sisters??
2. Why didn't you buy any sweater?
The noun has to be plural in #1, but it has to be singular in #2.
Is that correct??
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buddhaheart
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
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Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
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1. Do you have any brothers or sisters??
The tendency is used plural if the noun after �any� is a count noun.
2. Why didn't you buy any sweater?
�Any� here really means just �one�. �Any sweater� means �a or one sweater�. |
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