Main points
*You use ‘some’ to talk about a quantity or number without being precise.
*You use ‘any’ to talk about a quantity or number that may or may not exist.
*You use ‘another’, or ‘another’ and a number, to talk about additional people or things.
*You use ‘each’ and ‘every’ to talk about all the members of a group of people or things.
a) You use ‘some’ with uncount nouns and plural nouns to talk about a quantity of something or a number of people or things without being precise.
- I have left some food for you in the fridge.
- Some trains are running late.
You normally use ‘some’ in affirmative sentences.
- There’s some chocolate cake over there.
- I had some good ideas.
You use ‘some’ in questions when you expect the answer to be ‘yes’, for example in offer or request.
- Would you like some coffee?
- Could you give me some examples?
You can use ‘some’ with a singular noun when you do not know which person or thing is involved, or you think it does not matter.
- Some man phoned, but didn’t leave his number.
- Is there some problem?
b) You use ‘any’ in front of plural and uncount nouns to talk about a quantity of something that may or may not exist. You normally use ‘any’ in questions and negative sentences.
- Are there any jobs men can do but women can’t?
- It hasn’t made any difference.
You use ‘any’ with a singular noun to emphasize that it does not matter which person or thing is involved.
- Any container will do.
You can use ‘no’ with an affirmative verb instead of ‘not any’.
- There weren’t any tomatoes left.
- There were no tomatoes left.
You can also use ‘not’ and ‘any’, or ‘no’, with a comparative.
- Her house wasn’t any better than ours.
- Her house was no better than ours.
c) You use ‘another’ with singular nouns to talk about an additional person or thing.
- Could I have another cup of coffee?
- He opened another shop last month.
You can also use ‘another’ with a number and a plural noun to talk about more people or things.
- Another four years passed before we met again.
- I’ve got another three books to read.
You use ‘other’ with plural nouns and ‘the other’ with singular or plural nouns.
- I’ve got other things to think about.
- The other man has gone.
- The other European countries have beaten us.
d) You use ‘each’ or ‘every’ with a singular noun to talk about all the members of a group of people or things. You use ‘each’ when you are thinking about the members as individuals, and ‘every’ when you are making a general statement about all of them.
- Each country is subdivided into several districts.
- Each applicant has five choices.
- Every child would have milk every day.
- She spoke to every person at that party.
You can modify ‘every’ but not ‘each’.
- He spoke to them nearly every day.
- He went out almost every evening.
e) You can use ‘some of’, ‘any of’, or ‘each of’, and a noun group to talk about a number of people or things in a group of people or things.
- Some of the information has already been analysed.
- It was more expensive than any of the other magazines.
- He gave each of us advice about our present goals.
You can use ‘each of’ ad a plural noun group but ‘every’ must be followed by ‘one of’.
- Each of the drawings is different.
- Every one of them is given a financial target.
Note that you can also use ‘each’ with ‘one of’.
- This view of poverty influences each one of us.
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Top Tips Abz Ingles: Part A - Part B
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