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Kooyeen Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Some/Any problems with Bush
Hi,
I didn't know you had any problems with the Bush administration. What are you concerned about?
I didn't know you had some problems with the Bush administration. What are you concerned about?
What's the difference?
Thanks.
I didn't know you had any problems with the Bush administration. What are you concerned about?
I didn't know you had some problems with the Bush administration. What are you concerned about?
What's the difference?
Thanks.
Top answer
Kooyeen Hi, I didn't know you had any problems with the Bush administration. What are you concerned about? I didn't know you had some problems with the Bush administration.
- Kooyeen Hi, I didn't know you had any problems with the Bush administration.
- What are you concerned about?
- I didn't know you had some problems with the Bush administration.
- What are you concerned about?
- What's the difference?
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Thanks, I see.
But is the version with "some" completely unnatural, in every context? Would a native speaker ever say it that way?
I don't feel much difference between them, but after all, I am not a native speaker, and so my perception is still biased. My "biased" perception tells me that the version with "any" emphasizes the fact I didn't know there were problems, and the
But is the version with "some" completely unnatural, in every context? Would a native speaker ever say it that way?
I don't feel much difference between them, but after all, I am not a native speaker, and so my perception is still biased. My "biased" perception tells me that the version with "any" emphasizes the fact I didn't know there were problems, and the
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