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- 'Any' women were dancing on the floor. (wrong)
- Some woman were dancing on the floor. (correct)
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- Explanation : 'Any' usually carries a negative sense. It means anyone and cannot go with a plural noun women.
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- He never gave me some food. (wrong)
- He never gave me any food. (correct)
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- Explanation : In a negative sentence we use 'any' rather than 'some'.
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- Few people can do what they want in life. (wrong)
- A few people can do what they want in life. (correct)
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- Explanation : Few means 'hardly any' whereas 'a few' means 'some'.
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- I have to buy any articles from the market. (wrong)
- I have to buy some articles from the market. (correct)
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- Explanation : In a positive sense, we use 'some' rather than 'any'.
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- I will not eat something. (wrong)
- I will not eat anything. (correct)
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- Explanation : In a negative sentence, we use the quantifier 'any' rather than 'some'.
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- Have you some of the books that we borrowed from the library yesterday ? (wrong)
- Have you any of the books that we borrowed from the library yesterday ? (correct)
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- Explanation : In questions 'any' is used, as a quantifier, through in some contexts, 'some' is used (e.g., will you have some tea ?)
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- Little knowledge can be dangerous. (wrong)
- A little knowledge can be dangerous. (correct)
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- Explanation : Little means 'hardly any' and a little means 'some amount of'.
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- A little persons donated for the needy. (wrong)
- A few persons donated for the needy. (correct)
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- Explanation : With countable nouns we use 'a few' rather than 'a little'. 'Some' is used with both mass and countable nouns.
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- I want little milk. (wrong)
- I want some milk. (correct)
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- Explanation : Little is inappropriate because it means 'almost no'.
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- All the people, who came, were well. (wrong)
- All the people, who came, were good. (correct)
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- Explanation : Where we need a predicative adjective we use 'good'; when we need an adverb, we need 'well'.
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- He is very good, thank you. (wrong)
- He is very well, thank you. (correct)
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- Explanation : as in question number 10.
Shared by Bhargav Gupta Yechuri
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