Grammar any or some
I want to know which of the two questions is correct:
1. Is there any orange?
Is there some orange?
Top answer
Context for "any": When you do not know what fruits are in the basket. Are there any oranges/Is there any orange in the basket? Context for "some": I have enough of apples and mangoes.
- Context for "any": When you do not know what fruits are in the basket.
- Are there any oranges/Is there any orange in the basket?
- Context for "some": I have enough of apples and mangoes.
- Are there some oranges too?
- S: I think there could be many other contexts for either of them.
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Context for "any":
When you do not know what fruits are in the basket.
Are there any oranges/Is there any orange in the basket?
Context for "some":
I have enough of apples and mangoes. Are there some oranges too?
(Here, the context is understood)
P.S: I think there could be many other contexts for either of them.
0TEKO071. Is there any orange?
Not quite. You need a place.
Is there any orange in the dress? (Does the dress have any color that is orange?)
Is there some orange? (You are looking for some orange-colored lipstick and ask the beautician because all you can see was red and pink.)
Your sentences do not refer to the fruit. They refer to
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