Macmillan English Grammar

quantity: same, any

Usesame (Seealso Unit 27)

• with piurai countable nouns, and uncountable nouns in positive sentences.
  There are some books in that cupboard.
  I need someadvice.


• in questions that are invitations, offers or requests.
  Would you like somepizza?
  Cou/d you givemesome advice?


• in questions when we expect the answeryes.
  Have you got some homework to give me?


• to mean 'not all'.
  Someof the people /Some people were drowned, but others survived.

some milk

somebooks

some adviee

a book

same money

countable

uncountable

Useany

• with piurai countable nouns, in questions and negatives.
  Are there any books in that cupboard? There aren 't any books in this one.


• with uncountable nouns in questions and negatives wit h a singular verb.
  15 there any information about this subject?
  There isn't any water left.


• to mean 'whichever one you like'.
  You can borrow any books you need from the library

uncountable (mass) nouns (See also Unit 27)

Use a singular verb with:

Things we eat

Other words

bread, ehocolate, food, fruit, meat, spaghetti

aecommodation, adviee, behaviour, damage, edueation,

fumiture, grass, hair, help, information, jewe//ery,

knowledge, /uggage, money, news, rubbish, shopping,

traffie, weather, wark

People usesaplural verb.

There are somepeople waiting for you.

It also has a different countable meaning with piurai-s.

The peoples of the world want peace.

acoin, anote (money)

an iron (for ironing)

aehieken (an animai) same ehieken (food)

ag/ass(container) same glass(substance)

apap er(a newspaper) some paper (materia I)

tea, twa teasetc (a cup or glass) some teaetc (a liquid)

countable versions of uncountable nouns

Many uncountable nouns have a countable version. Always use a dictionary to check the meaning.

same money 1

same iron (materia I)

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partitives

A partitive is a noun+ofwhich makes a countable version of an uncountable.

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as/iee of bread

apaeket of riee

acup oftea

asheet of pap er

aean of cola

a bottJe of water

abar of ehocolate /saap

a tube of toothpaste

a /oaf (of bread)