Count and noncount nouns; some and any

 

Count and noncount nouns; some and any

Count noun

Count nouns can be separated into individual units and counted. They usually have both a singular and a plural form. Most English nouns are count nouns. Example:

pen, computer, bottle, spoon, desk, cup, television, chair, shoe, finger, flower, camera, stick, balloon, book, table, comb, etc.

 

 Tip:  A los Countable nouns los podemos contar por unidades, también los podemos pluralizar. 

• one phone, two phones
• one dog, two dogs
• one shirt, two shirts

Non-count nouns

Cannot be counted. They usually express a group or a type.

• water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, traffic, furniture, milk, wine, sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, sunshine, etc.

Noncount nouns do not use the indefinite articles a/an.

 

Tip: A los Non-Count nouns NO los podemos contar por unidades, tampoco los podemos pluralizar.  

Do you want some coffe?

SOME


It is used in affirmative statements with countable and uncountable nouns

-They have some apples in the freezer.

-I want some pop corn.

Note: Sometimes, Some is used in questions for invitations (sólo lo podemos usar para invitaciones cuando tengamos el objeto que estamos ofreciendo):
 
Example:
          Do you want some cookies?
          Would you like some sugar?

ANY

It is used in negative statements with countable and uncountable nouns

-They don't have  any pears.
-We don't have any oranges.
-She doesn't have any money

ANY can bes used in questions statements with countable and uncountable nouns ( lo usamos cuando no sabemos si la persona tiene el producto o no):


                     Do you have any water?  
yes, I have some water // No, I don't have any water 
    yes, I have some // No, I don't have any

                     Do you have any carrots ? 
 yes, I have some carrots // No, I don't have anycarrots
      yes, I have some // No, I don't have any  

Para responder una pregunta puedes volver a mencionar el objeto por el que te preguntaron o puedes omitirlo.

IMPORTANT: Cuando ocupas some o any con cosas contables SIEMPRE los ocupas en plural, pues some y any no dan cantidades específicas:

She has some bananas in the kitchen.
We don't have any tomatoes for luch. 
 
As you can see, count and noncount nouns are easy, just identify if you can plurize the noun or not.


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