Examples of Some/Any in Everyday Conversation Person 1 : Is there any milk in the fridge? Person 2 : No. Person 1 : Can you pick some up at the store? Person 2 : some milk. Yes, I’ll grab Is there any water? (answer is not clear) Would you like some water? (offering) I want some tea. Are there any oranges? (answer is not clear) Would like some oranges? (offering) May I have some oranges? (requesting from a known supply) There any butter left. (negative) isn’t There is some butter left. (positive) Positive and Negative, Any/Some, Many/Much I have one cup of milk. I have some milk. (positive) I have any milk. (negative) don’t I have/I have (a lot of) milk. (positive or negative) (large quantity) don’t
Examples of Some/Any in Everyday Conversation Person 1 : Is there any milk in the fridge? Person 2 : No. Person 1 : Can you pick some up at the store? Person 2 : Yes, I’ll grab some milk. Is there any water? (answer is not clear) Would you like some water? (offering) I want some tea. Are there any oranges? (answer is not clear) Would like some oranges? (offering) May I have some oranges? (requesting from a known supply) There isn’t any butter left. (negative) There is some butter left. (positive) Positive and Negative, Any/Some, Many/Much I have one cup of milk. I have some milk. (positive) I don’t have any milk. (negative) I have/I don’t have (a lot of) milk. (positive or negative) (large quantity)