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Hector9 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Problem with There's, there aren't + some/any

0First of all, thanks everyone who is seeing my topic to help me 05002br
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00 Well, I know that There's is used to refer that something exists, for singular and There are is for plural.02br
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00 There's a book here.02br
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00There are animals in the zoo02br
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00 The problem comes when my book says that sometimes I have to add also Some and Any in some sentences and I don't know why and in which cases I must add them.02br
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00 Explanation of my book02br
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01u00There is/isn't There are/aren't02u02br
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00 The negative form of there is = there isn't 02br
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01b00There isn't02b00 a chat in here02br
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00 With uncountable nouns, we use 01b00there isn't any02b00...02br
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01b00There isn't any02b00 furniture in the bedroom.02br
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00 With plural nouns we use 01b00there aren't any02b00... (the negative form of 01b00there are02b00)02br
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01b00There aren't any02b00 chairs in the bedroom02br
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00 OK, good explanation haha02br
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00Why There aren't 01b00any02b00 chairs in the bedroom and not "There aren't chairs in the bedroom"??02br
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00 The same case here, why: There's some information there and not "There's information here"??02br
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00 Thanks in advance, I see it plenty of times and I cannot understand it, the reason of that and in which cases I must use them.02br
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00Thank you and sorry for my English, I'm trying to improve it 05102br
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01b00PD:02b00 If you can leave some exercises I will be glad with you010id511id5
  

Top answer

" But they don't ring true to the native ear. Perhaps too little information. In the right context they might sound better.

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0Why There aren't 01b00any02b00 chairs in the bedroom and not "There aren't chairs in the bedroom"??02br
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00 The same case here, why: There's some information there and not "There's information here"??02br
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0Thank you for your answer.02br
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00So, If I want to say that are chairs in here, What must I use?02br
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01b00There are chairs in here. (I think this is wrong) 02b02br
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01b00There are some chairs in here. (I think this is the great sentence)02b02br
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0Hi Hector,02br
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00I'm afraid I'm not being very much help here. The point I wish to make is that all the sentences you reject for not having "some" or "any" would be perfectly natural if the right context had been set up in advance.02br
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00Somebody opens the door to a dark room and looks inside. He can't see anything. He turns on the light. "He
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1b00I come across this problem too while teaching that structure in the classroom for biginners. But at the end I think that the rule is as follows: any is used for negative plural , and plural interrogative02b02br
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01b00while some is used for plural affirmative form and it is used in case of uncountables.ok here are some eg. 02b02br
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0Hi Youssef,02br
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00If a couple of guests drop in at your house unexpectedly, and you're looking for a snack for them, and it's not a formal dinner where everything is available for whomever wants it, I say it's perfectly natural to omit the "some" and the "any" - or to put them in, as your heart desires:02br
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01cite10Hector912cite10The problem comes when my book says that sometimes I have to add also Some and Any in some sentences and I don't know why and in which cases I must add them.12blockquote
10 You need to give us the examples and tell us what you would add, and we'll help. In the meantime, ... 02br
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Ok the xplanation is this: you use any as a way to emphasize negation in the sentence. There aren't any chairs = there aren't NOT AT ALL chairs. I hope it will help you.
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Hey,

Thank you for your post, it has made things clearer. Emotion: smile
So just to be sure, according to your explanation se
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Hey,

Thank you for your post, it has made things clearer. Emotion: smile
So just to be sure, according to your explanation sentences
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To my ear, they're both correct. Emotion: nodding
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