This is one of the most important aspects of spoken English, which occurs in almost every sentence. And ignorance will simply slow down your learning of English and the communication itself. ????Support the channel on PATREON / smartalex Let's sort out these some, any and no once and for all. And not only sort them out, but also practice them on simulators. I want you to have not only knowledge, but also practical skills. After practicing on this simulator, you will automatically, without thinking, use these forms in questions, negations and statements, understanding their meaning. Some and any can be literally translated as "some/some". But not always. More often they are not translated at all. But more on that later. You need to know two things about some and any: 1. Some is used in statements (+), and any in questions and negations (?/-). 2. We use some and any with uncountable nouns and with countable nouns in the plural. Once again, with uncountable and countable plurals. For example: I need some rest. I need to rest. I need to take a little break. ------------------------------------------ And one more important point. When we offer or ask for something, we need to use some, not any. Despite the fact that a request or offer is often expressed in the form of an interrogative sentence, that is, it looks like a question, for example. Would you like some coffee? Would you like coffee? Will you have coffee? We offer. Here, the polite meaning is “a little, but enough”, and not “some” or “any”. Some coffee is a regular portion of coffee, which is enough on average. Therefore, you should not translate some coffee as “a little coffee”. Some coffee does not mean that coffee will be poured for you to the bottom of the cup. Can I have some cold water? Some can also be used in interrogative forms when we assume, already know the answer or expect a positive answer. We seem to be asking for the sake of clarification: So, do you have some ideas? So, do you ALREADY have any ideas? We expect a positive answer. We already know/heard something about his plans. And compare So, do you have any ideas? Do you have any ideas (AT ALL)? We need to solve a problem and we don’t know yet whether the other person can help us. Do you need some money? Do you need money? You need money, right? We expect a positive answer. We know about the person’s financial problems. And compare the option with any Do you need any money? Do you need money (AT ALL)? In the meaning Do you have enough money? I’m just suggesting. I don’t know if you have enough money or not. And much more in this video. TIMECODE 00:00 SOME, ANY, NO. Why they are so important. 01:28 SOME and ANY. How and with what to use. 03:00 SOME, not ANY, in interrogative forms. Questions and sentences. 04:57 SOME or the article A? Countable nouns. 05:18 In the singular – article A instead of SOME 05:31 SOME meaning SOME and ANY (unfamiliar, unknown) 06:05 SOME OF and ANY OF 06:27 ANY meaning ANY 07:03 NO and NOT ANY 07:52 Be careful with ANY! 08:37 !SOME and ANY without a noun. Conversational English. 09:41 YES, THANK YOU and NO, THANK YOU. How to accept or refuse an offer. 11:06 Educational minute. What does it mean to learn English? Theory versus practice. 11:52 TRAINER. SOME, ANY, NO in conversational English. 23:59 Summary, tips and recommendations. #SmartAlex100%English #Englishlanguage #conversationalEnglish #conversationalEnglish #Englishgrammar #Englishlessons #Englishforbeginners #howtolearnEnglish #Englishfromplaylists #polyglotEnglish #Englishbyear #indefinitepronounsinEnglish #pronounsinEnglish #indefinitepronouns #someanyno #someandany #Englishpronouns #Englishfromscratch #English #Englishtrainers