19. SOME OG ANY

a. Some: nogen, noget.: En eller anden. Bruges positivt bekræftende (der er faktisk noget, nogen): "Some of you have been going to school with me." "Have some of you been going to school with me? (der forventes et positivt svar)

b. Any: Enhver, hvem som helst, intet som helst. Bruges i det negative og/eller spørgende (der er sandsynligvis ikke nogen/noget): Have any of you been going to school with me? (Det forventes, at ingen har).

Find den rigtige form af some-/-any og deres sammensætninger i følgende sætninger (hvis begge kan bruges, hvordan er betydningen så forskellig?):

Some-/anyone must have seen what happened

Some/any people just take it for granted that X-mas weather will be fine weather

Do you think some/any of the visitors like orange juice?

Will some/any of the spectators please step forward and tell what they have seen?

Will there be some/any unemployment in the next decade

Have some/any of you forgotten to answer question number 5

Did some-/anybody leave a question mark at the end of the text?

Undersøg brugen af some og any i sætningen herunder:

"We want anybody who can find work to be able to find work."—60 Minutes II, Dec. 5, 2000

______ once said that Shakespeare is the greatest writer of all time

He has hardly eaten ______ , so he must be ill

I should like to buy ______ nice for my daughter for her birthday. She deserves it.

______ came to the party, but we could not see who it was

______ will do by way of explanation in such matters

Would you like to try _____ of my homegrown marihuana

That poor guy. I really want to do ______ for him.

Please come and see us ______ day. _____ time will do. We shall be at the cottage for 2 weeks