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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

A/any/some

hello!
why it is wrong to say:
i'll buy a fish for dinner.
and we should use some instead?
the second question is that why shouldn't we use any in this sentence:there isn't a newsagent's in the town.

thank you
  

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In my opinion, "a fish" is fine, if it is your habit to select a single fish suitable for the dinner. Plural: There aren't any newsagents in the town. ) "Agent" is countable.

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  • In my opinion, "a fish" is fine, if it is your habit to select a single fish suitable for the dinner.
  • Plural: There aren't any newsagents in the town.
  • ) "Agent" is countable.
  • There isn't any sugar.
  • "Sugar" is uncountable.
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In my opinion, "a fish" is fine, if it is your habit to select a single fish suitable for the dinner.

Plural: There aren't any newsagents in the town. (No appostrophe!)
"Agent" is countable.

There isn't any sugar. "Sugar" is uncountable.

There isn't a police officer in sight. countable, singular
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