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Common English Errors: SOME & ANY
The words “some” and “any” are used frequently in English. Are you using them correctly? Watch this lesson to be sure.
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you are very clear. thanks!!!
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The way you present, its so easy to understand.
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I am humbled by your very kind words. Many thanks and all the best to you,Mathai.
Great lesson, can you tell me what is the difference between may and might?
Thanx
They are basically the same, when you use them in a sentence.
In very polite questions, we use may, not might. For example:
May I hold the door for you?
May I use the phone, please?
All the best with your English, umair26.
In this two sentences:
1. Ann may go to the party.
2. Ann might go to the party.
Sentence 1 means, the speaker is allowing Ann to go to the party.
Sentence 2 means, the speaker is saying that it is more possible that Ann is going to the party. But Rebecca, please correct me if i’m wrong. thanks ^^ God bless you more ……..
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Spaseeba, Dmitry.
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after “did” what should v use i mean “did” is related to past, after tat word shoud v use present verb or a past verb
like here “where did he go ?” or “where did he went?
mam i dont know how to ask its better u make a lesson for the viewers in future … pls
Where did he go?
This is the correct way to ask this question in the past. Please consult a basic grammar book for this info -it will help you.
In English, we say:
He went to the store. (Affirmative sentence)
He didn’t go to the store. (negative sentence)
Did he go tot the store? (Question)
We only change the verb in the affirmative/positive sentence. In the negative sentence and the question, we go back to the base form of the verb.
All the best to you.
this is really helpful, thank you so much..
by the way i got 8/8 in the quiz .. thank u mam
thanks for this lesson teacher rebecca!
Thanks Rebecca! Your lesson was very logical and acurate and …because of that my score was 100 percent !
My score was 87.50 :)
thanks miss rebecca for this lesson , but why ” any ” for falafel isn’t this the first exception for yes answers if i get in a falafel shop and ask for it i expect the yes answer!!! plz explain this point <. thanks again for you
Thanks a lot. I`ve got a lot of useful information for myself.
HI
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your small video class is very interesting and focused on small and very importand mistakes. so your classes is very usefull for me. slowly-slowly my english is improve by your regular classes.
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Rakesh Singh
India
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coud you please make a video about where,were, what is the differences between this two , about its pronunciation?
I forget say hello!
Hi Rebecca,
Thanks for your lesson!
Could you explain me the meaning of word ‘falalfel’. I try on dictionary, but cannot find out.
Thanks
An
hey…it’s an egyption food
THANKS FOR YOU LESSON REBECCA
Nice lesson! Really it would work for me
Love you Canadian people !!!!!
hi rebecca
excuse me i wanna answer for anbui
Falafel is a fried ball of spiced beans or chickpeas, somewhere eaten in all the Middle East. It’s our traditional breakfast ..!!
that true do you mean rebecca..
Thank you Rebecca. Your videos are the best help to my poor English. This is the first time I´ve got 100 % of success.
Dear Rebecca,
Is the sentence “we remain at your disposal for any furher information” wrong?
Thank you in advance for you kind reply!
Regards
This sentence is fine. In some cases, such as this, “any” is used in a positive sentence.
All the best to you,Alex.
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Thank you miss Rebecca for let me understand when to use some /any
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hi! thank u for the lesson.
Hello, Rebeca. Could you please explain the difference between such words as “answer, respond and reply”. I mix them up all the time. ))) Best regards. Natalie.
thank you Rabecca, you are very kind to teach to everybody, and how neat words when you teach,
i learnt lot. thanks
Thank you very much Rebecca. This lesson is very clear and easy t understand. Thanks!!!
Thanks for your lesson!
me gustaria aprender mucho ingles.mucha cracia
great help. thanks. :))
thanks Rebeca i would like to more abt how to and when use will,would,could,can,etc…..
best regards,
Jay
Thank you
All the videos are very good but particularly this one I do not like the pictures. I hope that you can change them.
Thanks a lot. I am an English teacher and I really like the videos they are very helpful in class and it is fun to watch them. The students like to be taught in many different ways.
Thanks again.
Good lesson! Now I really understand the difference about some and any.
thanks for good teaching
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I have the seem problem>>>>
That was very helpful. Thank you.
VERRY NiCE^^
DEAR REBECCA, PLEASE READ IT!!!!!!
thanks a lot, thanks a million, god bless you! Your speech a very great and understandable! Have you got a text of your any lesson? If you have a text of your any lesson, could you send it on my e-mail – vadimchan [ a t ] mail [ d o t ] ru, if you want and please. And else what are differences between yours and your and etc. “etc.” and “so on”
We do not have the text of the lessons available, but we do have some English resources available on this site, which you might find useful.
There is no difference between “etc” and “and so on”, but the second one is better to use in formal or academic situations.
For the difference between “your” and “yours”, please consult a good grammar book, as the explanation is a little long.
All the best with your English, Vadim.
thank you so much ma’am rebecca for this very helpful lesson…
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thanks a lot, thanks a million, god bless you! Your speech a very great and understandable!
DEAR REBECCA, PLEASE READ IT!!!!!!
Have you got a text of your any lesson? If you have a text of your any lesson, could you send it on my e-mail – vadimchan [ a t ] mail [ d o t ] ru, if you want and please.
what are differences between yours and your and etc. “etc.” and “so on”
thanks
thank u
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Erom
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HI Thanks for teaching that lesson and will you please teach a lesson something about “supposed” with some examples….
Thank you alot.
Thanks for taking this English quiz! Your score: 87.50 You got 7 correct out of 8. Check your answers below.’
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Dear Rebecca,
Thank you so much for your kind explanation about “some and any”. It’s very important for me because it’s always my common mistakes when using them in a sentence.
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oh my.. i often ask this question “do you have some money” without knowing that “some” should not be used when asking & should be replaced by the word any hehehe thanks teacher rebecca
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Year!!! I love this lesson, it make me improve my Eng skill, thank you so much. Best wish to you :)
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Great lesson!!!
Hi Rebeca, I have troubles to use the words WHICH & THAT correctly:
Examples:
The people that/which were in the party are my friends.
The bottle that/which contains water is on the table.
Perhaps is a good theme for one of your fantastic videos.
Thank you very much.
Thanks for your suggestion. There is not much difference between the two words, so you could use either one comfortably.
What you cannot do is to use “which” to talk about people. In that case, we must use “who”.
Thanks and all the best to you.
In asking a question like:
Which one do you like?
can we also say:
That one, do you like?
thanks, Teacher!!!! ^^
I think no,Xhiann.
but it is possible to say
‘Do you mean that one?’
thanks ^^
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Thank You
Great…
Really , it’s wonderful . Thanks a lot , I’d like more about tenses
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Thanks you sir.
Rebecca Thanks a lot…For me it´s to complicated to speak english.
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What does mean “falelefl”?
Thank you for teaching me!
i always got a perfect score it looks like my major problem is to speak up or make a conversation to somebody!
I answer all. You are a great teacher. It is easy to understand lessons. I hope you stay healthy and teach lessons or something like that. Thank you so much Rebecca.
when we use could sould would….
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Dear Rebecca, can you explain about use of “HELD”
when, what situation …?
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I learned a lot from this video..thanks… I just hate the pictures which were suddenly appearing during the discussion.. they’re kind of disturbing for me… It was like, I was so engrossed listening to you and then suddenly, someone came and messed up with our moment together! :( but Rebecca, i really appreciate your lesson. thanks a lot!! ^^ God bless you more ^^
Sorry, the pictures were my fault :|
oh my… no no… no big deal! sorry
What is falalfel? and how do you pronounce it? thanks! ^^
an Egyptian dish.
Hüseyin çeri
how do u pronounce it???? thanks! ^^
It’s pronounced like it is written: fa-la-fell. The stress is on the ‘la’.
thank you! ^_^
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the way u explain,very nice…..take care…..
no, i have some money
NO, I HAVE some soup
are these correct
Clear!!…Thanks
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Thank you for your explanation about this lesson. Now I think that I understood.
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You always add something new to any lesson.So,your lessons are very useful for any person whatever his level is.
Kind regards,
Medhat Nagy
Cairo – Egypt
Thank you a lot again (or agin a lot ?)^^.
It’s very clear now (I hope so :)),bye.
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Thank you very much, Rebbeca!
Thank you Rebecca. Could you please tell what the word “falalfel” means? I can not find it in a dictionary.
“Falafel” is a very tasty Arabic food , especially in Palestine , Egypt, Syria , Jordan and Lebanon , we put it inside the bread like the beef burger but it is prepared from vegetables food.
Please refer to this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p_h3s1CPoc
kind regards
Thank you so much! very well done :)
Good question about ‘falalfel’
I haven’t found too :) Thank’s Juliange!
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Thank you teacher for this lesson.
best wishes to you!
OK, but which one is correct:
Do you want some lemonade?
Do you want any lemonade?
Hallo,
Actually i want 2 know what should we use after any?plural o singular??!
N always we use noune after it???
I’ve got it,
We use any with uncountable n plural countable nouns in negatives,
questions n sometimes in affermative clauses after words that have a negative o limiting meaning like:
1.U never give me any help.
2.There’s hardly any tea left.
UP ME!
Sorry,noun not noune!
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what is the difference between somewhere and anywhere
8 correct.thanx to rebecca..ı have not any problem with any and some now.thanx
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thank you so much rebecca because tomorrow we are going to have a big test on the lesson of some,any and no i really understand when my english teacher explain us but i don’t know why i want to learn more so i search the sites like yours and i find yours and i am very glad you speak very clearly and easily like my english teacher thanks alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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88 … You got 7 correct out of 8
3rd One was wrong .. :(
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It’s really a great effort by you to correct the English of those who are weak in it, or shall we say, teach English to those who really need it. It’s very interesting indeed. The more we learn the more we come to know how much we don’t know!
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Sri
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please corect to me this sentence:any one needs ahelp to pick up chldren from school i am at your service.thanks
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Best regards,
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You got 8 correct out of 8.
Thank you.
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for the last one in the quiz i thought the person was expecting yes for blue shirt. we can use some, am i wrong, or only in question no answers.tnx
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would you tell me the difference between ” Dad” and “father” ” Mom” and ” Mother” ? Thank you very much. Hope you will respond……. hope Rececca ….. I love you …..
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Thanks for the lesson!
Easy understandable. I really liked it.
thank you
When we expect ‘ Yes ‘ , we may use ‘ some’ to question people…
Do you want any/ some felafal ? or only ” Do you want any felafal ? If only one answer with ” any,please explain me more . Thank you.
I wonder , how can you find my comment ?
Thanks Rebecca, I like your lessons.
thanks Rebeca but i have a question what is it the meaning about falafel?
i did’nt known how to use some and any,but now i can use it easily. thanks u very much,Rebeca!
Good job! I got 8 correct out of 8. thanks for your guidance.