I am thinking about finding another job.
(A) Do you have any advice?
(B) Do you have some advice?
Would you use both patterns? Is there any difference?
Both are OK, Do you have any advice? Sounds like I think you may or may not have advice for me. Do you have some advice?
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Both are OK,
Do you have any advice? Sounds like I think you may or may not have advice for me.
Do you have some advice? To me, this sounds a little more that I think you may have some advice.
Hi,
I would use only A if I was aiming for strict grammatical accuracy. I accept, however, that you might hear people using B in everyday speech. The rule is that we use 'any' in questions and 'some' in statements. For example, "I would like some advice. Do you have any (advice) for me?".
We also use 'any' (and not 'some') in negative statements. For example, "We haven't
nicetomeetyouIs there any difference?
Or did you mean, "Is there some difference?" ![]()
C