Help me solve this confusion : ANY and NO

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HaffiezMike

#112595 Sun, 26 Jun 05 09:34 AM

Which one is correct :

Q: Do you have any question?
A: I have no question.

or

Q: Do you have any questions?
A: I have no questions.

ANY and NO : Do i have to put an S after the word beginning with any and no? I asked already about ANY but fogot to ask about NO :p

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING

HaffiezMike

Joined on Fri, Jul 9 2004

KL, Malaysia

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I'd be happy to help you guys but I warn : I'm the kind of person who can easily gets confused Smile [:)]

and I'm not so native but...

Mister Micawber

#112599 Sun, 26 Jun 05 09:47 AM

Both ways are fine grammatically, Mike. The second is much more natural.

Mister Micawber

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Yokohama

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Eimai_Anglos

#112723 Sun, 26 Jun 05 08:38 PM

QUOTE: Q: Do you have any question?

I don't know about grammatically correct but I would NEVER say this. It sounds very "foreign". I would say:

Do you have any questions? or
Do you have a question?

The implied meanings are slightly different. The first would be used, typically, at the end of a lecture, to an audience. The second would be used to a specific person - especially if he interrupted.

Eimai_Anglos

Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005

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CalifJim

#112828 Mon, 27 Jun 05 07:00 AM

"any" and "no" do not require an "s" ending on the following word! Neither do they require any other sort of plural.

Both can be used either with count nouns or non-count nouns:

Do you have any pets? No, I don't have any pets. OR No, I have no pets.
Do you have any sugar? No, I don't have any sugar. OR No, I have no sugar.

Normally, we use these words with a plural of a count noun or with a singular of a non-count noun, as shown above.

A singular count noun would usually form this pattern:

Do you have a car? No, I don't have a car. OR No, I have no car.
("Do you have any car?" is rather strange in my opinion. But at the beginning of a sentence, it's common: Any car can have that sort of problem.)

CJ

CalifJim

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