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comment
COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE
a written or spoken remark giving an opinion
make a comment: Did she make any comment about Eddie?
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/comment_1?q=comment+
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I am wondering why the "comment" above is in the singular.
According to the following explanation, "We use weak form any only with uncountable nouns or with plural nouns".
Is the "comment" in "any comment" a uncountable noun? (But it says "make a comment".)
What do you think?
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/語法/英式語法/any
We use weak form any only with uncountable nouns or with plural nouns:
[talking about fuel for the car]
Do I need to get any petrol? (+ uncountable noun)
There aren’t any clean knives. They’re all in the dishwasher. (+ plural noun)
Warning: We don’t use any with this meaning with singular countable nouns:
Have you got any Italian cookery books? (or … an Italian cookery book?)
Not: Have you got any Italian cookery book?
COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE
a written or spoken remark giving an opinion
make a comment: Did she make any comment about Eddie?
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/comment_1?q=comment+
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I am wondering why the "comment" above is in the singular.
According to the following explanation, "We use weak form any only with uncountable nouns or with plural nouns".
Is the "comment" in "any comment" a uncountable noun? (But it says "make a comment".)
What do you think?
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/語法/英式語法/any
We use weak form any only with uncountable nouns or with plural nouns:
[talking about fuel for the car]
Do I need to get any petrol? (+ uncountable noun)
There aren’t any clean knives. They’re all in the dishwasher. (+ plural noun)
Warning: We don’t use any with this meaning with singular countable nouns:
Have you got any Italian cookery books? (or … an Italian cookery book?)
Not: Have you got any Italian cookery book?