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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Use of 'any' or 'some'

Which of the following is correct?

1. Would you like to put any pepper on your scrambled eggs?

2. Would you like to put some pepper on your scrambled eggs?
  

Top answer

Both are correct. Sentence 2 is a polite offer. As such, it invites an affirmative response, and is thus more positive.

— Yankee

  • Both are correct.
  • Sentence 2 is a polite offer.
  • As such, it invites an affirmative response, and is thus more positive.
  • It is quite typical to use "some" in a question that offers something.
  • Since "some" is typical in polite offers, using "any" tends to suggest that the person who is offering the pepper believes that a negative response is just as likely as (or possibly even more likely than) an affirmative response.
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Both are correct.

Sentence 2 is a polite offer. As such, it invites an affirmative response, and is thus more positive. It is quite typical to use "some" in a question that offers something.

Since "some" is typical in polite offers, using "any" tends to suggest that the person who is offering the pepper believes that a negative response is just as likely as (or possibly even m
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Hwy don't you simplify the sentence and try:

Would you like pepper on your scrambled eggs?
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