[Grammar] Reported questions- yet, any

[angelene001]

What happens with 'yet', 'any' when we change a direct question into a reported question?

1. 'Have you got any milk?' she asked.
a. She asked if I had any milk.
b. She asked if I had some milk.

2. 'Have you finished yet?, she asked.
a. She asked if I had finished yet.
b. She asked if I had already finished.

Is a reported question grammatically still a question, and we apply all the rules for a question?
Or do we treat a reported question as a positive sentence as the sentence order is like in a positive sentence.

 

[Rover_KE]

Do we treat a reported question as a positive sentence as the sentence order is like in a positive sentence? ​Yes.

A reported question is an indirect question and ends with a full stop,

 

[angelene001]

Sorry, I should have written:
Do we treat a reported question as an affirmative sentence as the sentence order is like in an affirmative sentence?
So the answer is "yes".





It should be:

1. 'Have you got any milk?' she asked.
a. Incorrect
b. She asked if I had some milk.

2. 'Have you finished yet?, she asked.
a. Incorrect
b. She asked if I had already finished.

But I've tried to solve my problem checking the answer keys in grammar books and I've found:
"Have any of the houses been damaged?"
She asked if any of the houses had been damaged.

"Have you visited many interesting places?"
She asked if I had visited many interesting places. (Don't we use "a lot of" in the affirmative?)

"Did you eat any bread?"
She asked if I had eaten any bread.

 

[5jj]

1. a. She asked if I had any milk.
2. a. She asked if I had finished yet.

These are fine.

The 'some/any' and 'much/a lot of' problems are rather more complex than the simplistic 'one is used in affirmative sentences and the other in negative sentences' suggestion given in some teaching materials.

I would also note that, outside exercise in English course books, native speakers rarely report precisely the words used in direct speech.

 

[Tdol]

"Have you visited many interesting places?"
She asked if I had visited many interesting places. (Don't we use "a lot of" in the affirmative?)

You could use a lot of, but many is fine too. You may be thinking of much, which we tend to use in the negative and questions.