to eat ", " something " is used. Anonymous Can I get you something to drink / eat? " is very common.
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
AnonymousCan I get you something to drink / eat?But, " can I get you anything ?" is very common.
AnonymousCan I get you something to eat?According to some, there is a tendency to ask questions with some, someone, something, etc., when the speaker is positively disposed toward the content of the proposition, and any, anyone, anything when the speaker is neutral or negative.
Can I get you anything to eat?
CalifJimLikewise, supposedly, the speaker who asks Do you have some money? is more likely to believe (or hope) that the listener has some money than the speaker who asks Do you have any money?
I'm not sure everyone agrees with this, but I have read it as an explanation of the difference, and it seems plausible to me that it applies in many cases if not universall