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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
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00I want to ask a question about 'any' in the following sentence.02br
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00It has now been three and a half weeks (is it correct to say so?) since I've had to take any diabetes medication. 02br
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00I don't know the meaning of 'any' here. Does it mean that he has not taken any medication now?02br
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) since I've had to take any diabetes medication. 01font 00yes02font 02br 02br 00I don't know the meaning of 'any' here. 02br 02br 01font 00For three and a half weeks, he has not needed to take diabetes medication.

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  • ) since I've had to take any diabetes medication.
  • 01font 00yes02font 02br 02br 00I don't know the meaning of 'any' here.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00For three and a half weeks, he has not needed to take diabetes medication.
  • (not even a little bit of it)02font 0-
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0I want to ask a question about 'any' in the following sentence.02br
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00It has now been three and a half weeks (is it correct to say so?) since I've had to take any diabetes medication. 01font00yes02font02br
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00I don't know the meaning of 'any' here. Does it mean that he has not taken any medication now?02
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0Hi there,02br
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00Thanks a lot.02br
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00Can you give more examples to use 'any' like this? I think 'any' should be used with 'not' in a sentence. So there is no 'not' in this sentence?02br
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00Simon0-
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0Can you give more examples to use 'any' like this? I think 'any' should be used with 'not' in a sentence. So there is no 'not' in this sentence?02br
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01i00Any02i00 can be used with01i00 not02i00, but doesn't require it.02br
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001. 01u00Don't02u0
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0I think I understand your what you said better now, so here is a little bit more information about 01i00any 02i00and01i00 not.02i02br
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00question: Do you want any coffee?02br
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00some possible answers: 02br
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01i00No, I don't want any coffee02i00. OK 02br
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0Should it be02br
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00"Do you want some coffee? instead of "Do you want any coffee?"02br
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00because the question is an offer thus we should use "some" and not "any".02br
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00"Would you like to have some coffee?"02br
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00Or can we use both any and some for this question? What are the differences?0-
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