It's some water that he needs.

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I'd be happy if someone would answer my question. Thanks in advance.

Q1. Which of the three sentences is correct?

A: It's water that he needs.

B: It's the water that he needs.

C: It's some water that he needs.

Q2. Can the following 2 sentence be correct? (Sorry, no context.)

A: It's any book that is OK.

B: It's a teacher that must teach students.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

all seem okay to me

(I am another anon)

CalifJim · Answer

Q1. Which of the three sentences is correct?

A: It's water that he needs. OK

B: It's the water that he needs. OK

C: It's some water that he needs. OK

Q2. Can the following 2 sentence be correct? (Sorry, no context.)

A: It's any book that is OK. I can't think of a context where this would be used.

B: It's a teacher that must teach students. Awkward. There may be a context, but even then there is probably a better way to say this.

CJ

Intelligent Freak · Answer

AnonymousA: It's any book that is OK.

How about,

A: Any book will do.

CalifJim · Answer

Perfect.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

CalifJim
Q1. Which of the three sentences is correct?

A: It's water that he needs. OK

B: It's the water that he needs. OK

C: It's some water that he needs. OK

Q2. Can the following 2 sentence be correct? (Sorry, no context.)

A: It's any book that is OK. I can't think of a context where this would be used.

B: It's a teacher that must teach students. Awkward. There may be a context, but even then there is probably a better way to say this.

CJ

Hi, Calif. You said all in Q1 are OK. But there is one thing I feel vague about it.

I understand sentence A as meaning "It's water, not wine, or food, that he needs."

Similarly I understand sentence B as meaning "It's the water, not that water, that he needs."

However, sentence C has no contrastive counterpart. Is sentence C still correct?

I feel vague and a little suspicious about the sentence: It's any book that is OK, as well.

Nona the brit · Answer

c has the same meaning as A.

It's some water that he needs.

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