隋欣媛
我們知道,some通常用于肯定句,any則用于否定句或疑問句。但隨著學習的深入,我們發(fā)現(xiàn)情況并不完全如此,下面對它們的用法做出歸納。
一、some和any作為形容詞或代詞,可以用來說明或代替復數(shù)名詞或不可數(shù)名詞,表示不定量,意為“一些”,其區(qū)別是:對其所說明或代替的名詞持肯定態(tài)度時,用some;持非肯定(否定或疑問)態(tài)度時,用any。
在以下句子中使用some:
1.肯定句(包括肯定的陳述句和祈使句以及反意疑問句中肯定的陳述部分)。如:
There are some new books on the teacher’s desk.
We have a lot of sugar. Take some with you, please.
He bought some bread, didn’t he?
2.持肯定態(tài)度的一般疑問句。如:
Are there some stamps in that drawer?
Didn’t she give you some money?
3.表示請求或建議的一般疑問句,通常都希望得到對方肯定的答復,所以也用some。如:
May I ask you some questions?
Would you like some tea?
4.特殊疑問句及選擇疑問句。因為特殊疑問句和選擇疑問句并不對some所說明或代替的名詞表示疑問。如:
Where can I get some buttons?
Do you have some pens or pencils?
在以下句子中使用any:
1.否定句(包括否定的陳述句和祈使句以及反意疑問句中否定的陳述部分)。如:
I can’t give you any help now.
Do not make any noise.
There weren’t any trees here, were there?
2.含有除not以外的其他否定詞或否定結構的句子。如:
Jim hardly makes any mistakes in his homework.
He went to London without any money in his pocket.
She was too poor to buy any new clothes.
3.一般疑問句(持肯定態(tài)度的除外)。如:
Did she buy any tomatoes yesterday?
I want some paper. Do you have any?
4.條件狀語從句。如:
If you are looking for any ink, you can find it on my desk.
If there are any good apples there, get me two kilos, please.
因為條件句“如果……”表達的也是不肯定的態(tài)度。但是,如果說話者持肯定的態(tài)度或期待得到肯定的答復時,則可以用some。如:
Bring me two pieces of paper if you have some.
5.whether/ if(是否)引導的賓語從句。如:
It is still unknown whether they have found any proof.
He asked if he could drink any cool water.
二、some還可表示“某些”或用在單數(shù)名詞前表示“某一個”。any則可用于表示“任何一些”或“(至少三個中)任何一個”,二者均可用于肯定或非肯定的句子中。如:
I don’t like some of them.
He is working at some place in the north.
Any criminal(s) will be punished.
You can take any of these.
三、some和any也可作為副詞,用于比較級前,表示程度,意為“稍許,幾分”,用法與其作形容詞或代詞表示“一些”時基本相同。如:
He feels some better now.
She was so tired that she could not go any further.
some還可以用在數(shù)字之前,意為“大約”。如:
He is some forty years old.
四、由some-和any-構成的復合不定代詞和不定副詞,其用法區(qū)別多與some和any相同。如:
Something is wrong with her eyes.
There is not anybody in this room.
Have you seen it anywhere?
Haven’t you forgotten something?(持肯定態(tài)度)
練一練:
請用some或any填空:
1. Could you get me coffee, please?
2. I heard that he would stay there for days.
3. Don’t take magazines out of the reading-room.
4. —Did he buy cakes or cookies?
—Cookies, I think.
5. If you have questions, ask me, please.
6. schoolboy would know that, yet you don’t.
參考答案:
1. some? 2. some 3. any 4. some 5. any 6. Any