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topic today is SOME versus ANY.
Which can be a little bit complicated
so, pay attention. We're gonna get started. Okay, I move a little bit fast, but you
can watch the video again. You can see what I'm talking about so
let's go ahead and let's get started. So let's get started. We use
ANY and SOME to talk about amounts of things.
Okay, it's about the amount of of something. So generally,
we use SOME in positive sentences and ANY
in negative sentences and questions. Okay,
so if you look at this example, you can see that
SOME and ANY changes depending on if it's a positive
or a negative sentence or question. So, the first one is: there was
some cake, that is positive. And, there wasn't any
cake, that is negative. And: was there any cake?
That is a question, so you can see that usually some is for positive,
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some positive sentences too. For example: Any score
above 80 is good. Or, anything will be good.
That's a positive sentence.
So, I think maybe you might be wondering what is the rule about
ANY and SOME? Well, we use SOME
for talking about a limited number or amount. Okay, if it's limited.
We use ANY for an unlimited number or amount. Okay,
so for example: I like any kind of cake. It means
all kinds of cake: unlimited. Okay, I don't like any kind of cake.
This means zero kinds of cake. Also, unlimited.
"I like some kinds of cake," means a limited number of the kinds of
cake. And: "I don't like some kinds of cake," means
a limited number of kinds of cake. So all of these sentences
are actually the same. I like or I don't like, but ANY and SOME
changes about the different kinds of cake.
Is it limited or unlimited? Okay, so that is the rule.
Maybe it's a little bit difficult, but you can watch
this video again and really start to understand it.
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