| Element | FORM: 'SOME' AND 'ANY' |
|---|---|
| SuperCat | PRONOUNS |
| SubCat | quantity |
| Lexical Range | N/A |
| Level | A2 |
| Cando | Can use pronouns 'some' and 'any', to refer to quantity. |
| Corrected Learner Example | [talking about items of clothing] Some were cheap but some were expensive. (Mexico; A2 WAYSTAGE; 2008; Spanish - Latin American; Pass) It lasts for 2 hours and we need to bring some erasers because they don't have any. (Greece; A2 WAYSTAGE; 2006; Greek; Pass) |
| Uncorrected Learner Example | [talking about items of clothing] Some were cheap but some were expensive. (Mexico; A2 WAYSTAGE; 2008; Spanish - Latin American; Pass) It lasts for 2 hours and we need to bring some erasers because they don't have any. (Greece; A2 WAYSTAGE; 2006; Greek; Pass) |
| Comments | Any isn't used as a subject at A1 and isn?t widely used as a subject in general across levels. Most examples in CLC are in formal and often business contexts, e.g. Any queries can be sent to? often used in passive constructions.|Note CIC has only 0.5 per million uses of any in subject position but many of these were in ellipted examples which don?t count, e.g. Any ideas? |
