Some/any

I do agree. It's the most natural way to frame the question.

Do you have some fish? is possible, but less likely.

Have you no fish? would be possible if the customer were angry, but Do you have no fish? is not used.

Do you have many fish? would be possible if a large party were involved and the fish were kept alive in a tank.

sitifanThe answer is option B. Do you agree?

Yes. That was the first thing that came to my mind.

CJ

1. Have you no fish?

2. Do you have no fish?

I thought #1 and #2 had the same meaning. #1 is British English. #2 is American English.

Joseph Welch to Joe McCarthy, US Congress, 1954 (the year I graduated H.S.)

Have you no shame?
Have you no s

Avangi"Do you have no fish?" has the same meaning, but to the best of my knowledge, it's unidiomatic.

Agree. The idiomatic form is "Don't you have any fish?"

In my observation, have no is appropriate to abstract entities one might have; not have any is appropriate to concrete entities.

True to this general rule: have no

The answer is B - though in normal speech you would probably hear A and C as well. D is a possibility, but not for this question, only in normal speech.

Some is used for positive statements - I bought some fruit.
Any is usually used for negative statements, questions and if clauses. - I didn't buy any fruit. Did any of your people get away?

Is it fair to ask the purpose of this exercise?

AvangiIs it fair to ask the purpose of this exercise?

AvangiIs it fair to ask the purpose of this exercise?

I am sorry but I don't understand the meaning of this question. What does "fair" mean here?

It seems like we're only playing a game, but I don't know it's rules. The rules determine the nature of "fair play."
You ask us a question as though you needed to know the answer.
We do our best to reply.
Then you tell us the answer.

It seems like a strange game.

When someone asks a question unexpectedly, the respondant often considers it, and then replies, "That's