Any orange or any oranges
Hello everyone,
Is either "orange" or "oranges" correct after "any"?as following
1. We haven't got any orange.
2. We haven't got any oranges.
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JA
Top answer
It depends. If you are referring to the fruit, you must say 'any oranges'. If you are referring to objects of an orange colour then use 'any orange ones' or, possibly, 'any orange'.
- It depends.
- If you are referring to the fruit, you must say 'any oranges'.
- If you are referring to objects of an orange colour then use 'any orange ones' or, possibly, 'any orange'.
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It depends.
If you are referring to the fruit, you must say 'any oranges'.
If you are referring to objects of an orange colour then use 'any orange ones' or, possibly, 'any orange'.
E.g.
'I have some green paper, but I haven't got any orange.'
0If the noun is countable (an orange; some oranges), it is much more usual to use the plural, so the sentence numbered '2' is almost always preferred over '1'.
You need a special context to use the singular of a countable noun after 'any'. Usually it's that someone is insisting that a given object exists, and you are denying it.
— Give me the key! Now! I need the key!
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