"Any" & singular nouns

[crazyaboutenglish]

Hi,

I need to change these sentences into negative and use “any”:-

There’s a chemist in the high street.
There is a different band every day.

Can someone please tell me if these are correct:-

There isn’t any chemist in the high street.
There isn’t any different band every day.

My friend told me that “any” isn’t used with a singular noun and that “a” would be better. Is he correct?

Thanks

 

[Barb_D]

It's more natural to say "There aren't any chemists on the high street."

I can't think of a natural way to negate and write the second one using "any."

 

[billmcd]

I would agree with your friend, but you can use "any" with non-count nouns as in "There isn't any coffee in the cabinet".