How would you differenciate the following two expressions?
A: Is there any difference?
B: Are there any differences?
Literally, the first one is anticipating one difference, while the second is anticipating potentially multiple differences. In practice, the first one is also used in cases where the speaker has not made any consideration of how many differences there might be.
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Literally, the first one is anticipating one difference, while the second is anticipating potentially multiple differences. In practice, the first one is also used in cases where the speaker has not made any consideration of how many differences there might be.