Do you have

[Winwin2011]

Hi every English teachers

If a couple walk at a wet market, the woman wants to buy some fruit and asks the man whether he has money on hand. How should they say?

1. Do you have money?
No, I don't have money.

2. Do you have any money?
No, I don't have any money

Is there any different meaning betweeen "Do you have money?" and "Do you have any money?"

[bhaisahab]

Hi every English teachers

If a couple walk at a wet market, the woman wants to buy some fruit and asks the man whether he has money on hand. How should they say?

1. Do you have money?
No, I don't have money.

2. Do you have any money?
No, I don't have any money

Is there any different meaning betweeen "Do you have money?" and "Do you have any money?"

Both are common.

[TheParser]

Hi every English teachers

If a couple walk at a wet market, the woman wants to buy some fruit and asks the man whether he has money on hand. How should they say?

1. Do you have money?
No, I don't have money.

2. Do you have any money?
No, I don't have any money

Is there any different meaning betweeen "Do you have money?" and "Do you have any money?"

REMINDER: NOT A TEACHER

(1) Some books say that one uses "any" when you do not care how much but you are

thinking of some; one does not use "any" when you are not thinking of some amount.

Here are two examples from Michael Swan's Practical English Usage:

(a) Is there any water in the refrigerator? (You are thinking of some water.)

(b) Is there water on the moon? (You want to know if there is water on the moon, NOT the amount.)
***
Wife: Look at those delicious apples.

Husband: They do look good, don't they!

Wife: Do you have any money? ( = She doesn't know how much. She is hoping that the amount is enough in order to buy the apples.)

Husband: Let me check. Yeah, I have a few dollars. Here you are.

***

(At a party)

Tom: Hello, young lady. My name is Tom.

Mona: That's nice.

Tom: May I ask your name?

Mona: Why do you want to know?

Tom: I was thinking that maybe one day we could go out for a cup of coffee.

Mona: Do you have money? (= Are you rich?)

Tom: I'm poor.

Mona: Goodbye.

[emsr2d2]

What is a wet market?

[billmcd]

Hi every English teachers

If a couple walk at a wet market, the woman wants to buy some fruit and asks the man whether he has money on hand. How should they say?

1. Do you have money?
No, I don't have money.

2. Do you have any money?
No, I don't have any money

Is there any different meaning betweeen "Do you have money?" and "Do you have any money?"

In that situation, no.

[ysc1230]

What is a wet market?

Do US or UK people not know what wet market is

[Winwin2011]

What is a wet market?

A wet market is generally an open food market.
The floors and surroundings are often routinely sprayed and washed with water—to the extent of flooding it at frequent intervals—which gave it the name "wet market".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_market

[Winwin2011]

REMINDER: NOT A TEACHER

(1) Some books say that one uses "any" when you do not care how much but you are

thinking of some; one does not use "any" when you are not thinking of some amount.

Here are two examples from Michael Swan's Practical English Usage:

(a) Is there any water in the refrigerator? (You are thinking of some water.)

(b) Is there water on the moon? (You want to know if there is water on the moon, NOT the amount.)
***
Wife: Look at those delicious apples.

Husband: They do look good, don't they!

Wife: Do you have any money? ( = She doesn't know how much. She is hoping that the amount is enough in order to buy the apples.)

Husband: Let me check. Yeah, I have a few dollars. Here you are.

***

(At a party)

Tom: Hello, young lady. My name is Tom.

Mona: That's nice.

Tom: May I ask your name?

Mona: Why do you want to know?

Tom: I was thinking that maybe one day we could go out for a cup of coffee.

Mona: Do you have money? (= Are you rich?)

Tom: I'm poor.

Mona: Goodbye.

Thanks. Your examples are very detailed and fantastic! I laughed hard for the following conversation:

Mona: Do you have money? (= Are you rich?)

Tom: I'm poor.

Mona: Goodbye

Does "Is there any water in the refrigerators ? have the same meaning as with "Is there any water in the refrigerator?"

[emsr2d2]

A wet market is generally an open food market.
The floors and surroundings are often routinely sprayed and washed with water—to the extent of flooding it at frequent intervals—which gave it the name "wet market".

I've never heard that before. I can say with some certainty that it's not used in BrE.

[TheParser]

Does "Is there any water in the refrigerators ? have the same meaning as with "Is there any water in the refrigerator?"

REMINDER: NOT A TEACHER


(1) Thank you for your very kind note.

(2) As only a non-teacher, I must be very careful before giving an opinion.

(a) I have only one fridge. So I would ask "Is there any water in the fridge?"

(b) If I had two fridges, I think (repeat: think) that I would ask the same question.

(3) Hopefully, one of the teachers will answer your interesting question. (You must

always accept a teacher's answer, not mine.)

(4) P.S. If I understand my books correctly:

Is there any water? = I absolutely do not know.

Is there some water? = I think that there probably is, but I am not sure.