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The restriction "when the sentence is a question or a negative" is incorrect, e. I agree. Idea can mean "a thought or suggestion" countable , or "a concept or mental impression" uncountable. You study English? Alas, I do not get paid to study English. Do you have any idea? Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. So, do you have any ideas to help cows and sheep stop with the gas problem? Do you have any ideas to boost union membership?
Any idea is idiomatic. Otherwise, it's most often plural; that's not universally applicable though. Have you got any money? Or Do you have any monies? You should look in the British and American corpus and check "Do you have any idea? So like other determiners it can come before either a singular or plural noun. It will depend on the context or the meaning it needs to convey whether the noun following any will be singular or plural. PhilD PhilD 1. Is there any question?
The speaker indicates that there is probably no more than one question. Are there any questions. The speaker indicates that there might be several questions. Rajeshprabu Radhakrishnan Rajeshprabu Radhakrishnan 1.
Bad guidance here. Looking at Ngrams , there are some nouns where the plural form is found more than the singular. Or should I say: If you have any queries..? Any with plural and uncountable nouns Your understanding is correct, Esther. Any is normally used with plural and uncountable nouns in questions, negative and conditional sentences: Do we have any beer? We would not normally say: Have you got any glass for the beer?
Any with singular countable nouns However, when we want to emphasise that any means of any kind , it is quite natural to use any with singular uncountable nouns. So in your example, Esther, any query - meaning any kind of query - is a justifiable alternative to any queries: If you have any queries about the trip to the Philippines, please ask me. To emphasise any query a bit more, we could also say: If you have any query whatsoever - it doesn't matter what it is - please ask me.
Note also the following examples of this kind of use: You should see a doctor. Some or any in questions? Note that we tend to use some instead of any when we expect a positive answer to the questions we are asking: Would you like some more pasta and salad?
Not any and no Note that any by itself does not have a negative meaning. It is only when it is combined with not to make not any that it becomes negative. No has the same meaning as not any, but is more emphatic. Compare the following: He has no money and no hope for the future. Note also that at the beginning of a sentence, we are obliged to use no. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
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