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Anuradha Jayasekara Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Any+singular countable nouns

Can we use "any" with singular countable nouns? If so, what's the grammar rule? Can you share a link or a source so that I could refer ?

Ex-

01. There isn’t any issue.

02. There isn’t any student in the class?

03. Isn’t there any student in the class?

Are the above ssentences correct?



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The site seems to contradict itself. First, it says "Do not use any' with singular countable nouns. It then says "It's more common to use 'isn't+a' for singular countable nouns".

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  • The site seems to contradict itself.
  • First, it says "Do not use any' with singular countable nouns.
  • It then says "It's more common to use 'isn't+a' for singular countable nouns".
  • There might be some truth to their second assertion; there isn't any reason to believe the first.
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The site seems to contradict itself. First, it says "Do not use any' with singular countable nouns. It then says "It's more common to use 'isn't+a' for singular countable nouns".


There might be some truth to their second assertion; there isn't any reason to believe the first.

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Yes, you can, and your examples are acceptable.

The three main uses are

[1] I haven't got any job lined up for you today, I'm afraid.

[2] I don't think any candidate expressed a view on this point.

[3] Any policeman will be able to help you.

You may encounter the terms 'non-proportional' to describe the sense of "any" in [

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