CAE exam

[Narkises]

Please note. Say:

Please correct my mistakes if you encounter any.

Or:

Please correct any mistakes.

I did change. Thank you VIP!
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[Narkises]

Please note. Say:

Please correct my mistakes if you encounter any.

Or:

Please correct any mistakes.

When we were asking about the differences between "some" and "any" our teachers were saying: "any" is used for negative and question form sentences and "some" is used for positive sentences. Were our teachers right? So why do you use "any" in a positive sentence? Huh?

 

[Tarheel]

When we were asking about the differences between "some" and "any" our teachers SAID "any" is used for negative and question form sentences and "some" is used for positive sentences. Were our teachers right? So why do you use "any" in a positive sentence? Huh?

It is questions like this that make this forum interesting. Well, the words "any" and "some" both refer to an indefinte amount of something.

 

[Tarheel]

www.learnersdictionary.com

See definition one for "any".

 

[Libro]

Nerksis, any is used both in positive and negative sentences. It depends on the context. Check > dictionary.com/browse/any

 

[Tdol]

Were our teachers right?

Not if they said these were the only possibilities. There is an issue with tendencies being presented sometimes as absolute rules, and this is one example.