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I don´t understand the use and the meaning of these casses, i´ll put the explanation of my english book The use of Some/Any (Yes, very difficult) Some is used in positive sentences with plurals and uncountable nouns Examples: I have some friends Do you want some food? Any is used in...

I have gone through a lot of the old posts on the topic any . This is my understanding of any usage. Any can be followed by a plural/uncountable/singular noun. 1. When any is used in interogative or negative form, it is usually followed by a plural/uncountable noun. Does it mean that the...

Hi, Please check if my reasoning is correct. a little and little are ususally used in front of uncountable nouns to signal the amount in possession and they respectively are coming from the positive polarity and negative polarity view points. I have a little or little money -- Here, it...

Hi, 1. Which one is right or are they both right? Everything went smooth. Everything went smoothly. In your example, you need the adverbial form. 'Smoothly' modifies 'went', ie it describes the 'going', not 'everything'. However, consider 'When I fell and hit my head, everything...

Ah! You've just pointed out something rather interesting. It just occurred to me that “complaining” as used in my original sentence, could be perceived as an uncountable noun by itself followed by “negative emotion; or an adjective describing “emotion” depending on the person reading it. “In...

Pinenut wrote: Goodman wrote: Can any expert answer this question? If there are two uncountable nouns in a sentence, should we should singular / plurla verb? Ex: In the townhall meeting, there was/ were a lot of complaining and negative emotion. I know with a single uncountalbe...

Goodman wrote: Can any expert answer this question? If there are two uncountable nouns in a sentence, should we should singular / plurla verb? Ex: In the townhall meeting, there was/ were a lot of complaining and negative emotion. I know with a single uncountalbe noun, th answer is...

Can any expert answer this question? If there are two uncountable nouns in a sentence, should we should singular / plurla verb? Ex: In the townhall meeting, there was/ were a lot of complaining and negative emotion. I know with a single uncountalbe noun, th answer is "was" but not sure...