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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Something /anything ?

Hi

I´ve got a question. Can I use both words in these questions or not ?

Has anybody / somebody found my blue pencsil ?

Have you got anything / something to eat ?

Tom, can you give me anything / something to drink, please ?

Do you know anything / something about London transport ?

Thank you for your answer,

Ann
  

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Hi Ann, Can I use both words in these questions or not? Yes, but the ones I marked are more natural . Has anybody --/somebody-- found my blue pencil ?

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  • Hi Ann, Can I use both words in these questions or not?
  • Yes, but the ones I marked are more natural .
  • Has anybody --/somebody-- found my blue pencil ?
  • Have you got anything / something to eat?
  • Have you got anything to eat?
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Hi Ann,

Can I use both words in these questions or not? Yes, but the ones I marked are more natural.
Has anybody --/somebody-- found my blue pencil ?
Have you got anything / something to eat? Have you got anything to eat? (You are hungry and want to eat.)
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Hi,

You should use anybody or anything in questions and in negative sentences, which contain uncountable or

plural nouns.

Has anybody found my blue pencil?

Have you got something (sometimes: anything) to eat?

Tom, can you give me something to drink, please?

Do you know anything (sometimes: som
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