Is there any plus plural or singular?

Is there any plus plural or singular?

I understand any is used with plural and uncountable nouns. But sometimes I do come across people using any with a singular noun. Any is normally used with plural and uncountable nouns in questions, negative and conditional sentences: Do we have any beer? ~ Yes, we do.

What follows after any?

If a countable noun comes after any, then should it [the noun] be singular or plural? Like the indefinite article a/an, the word any derives from a form of the Old English word for one. Primarily an adjective, it is also used as a pronoun.

Do any or does any grammar?

Singular, third person verbs in the present tense (except for modals) terminate in “s” or “es.” Subject and verb must agree in number. Therefore your first example “do any philosophy believe” is not correct whereas your second example “does any philosophy believe” is correct.

What comes after any singular or plural?

As a determiner, any is generally followed by uncountable and plural countable nouns in questions and negative statements.

Should I use plural after any?

When used as a pronoun, any can be used with either a singular or a plural verb, depending on the context: “we needed more sugar but there wasn’t any left” (singular verb) or “are any of the new videos available?” (plural verb).

Has any or have any grammar?

The correct form should be ‘have any of you’ as you is in plural form. ‘Any one of you’ is different. Any one, meaning ‘any single (person or thing),’ is written as two words to emphasize singularity: any one of us could do the job; not more than ten new members are chosen in any one year.

Does anyone have correct?

‘Does anyone have…’ is the only correct form.

When to use any as a singular or plural pronoun?

When used as a pronoun, any can be used with either a singular or a plural verb, depending on the context: “we needed more sugar but there wasn’t any left” (singular verb) or “are any of the new videos available?”. (plural verb).

When to use ” any ” before or after a noun?

any is a determiner here in this context. So like other determiners it can come before either a singular or plural noun. It will depend on the context or the meaning it needs to convey whether the noun following any will be singular or plural. – Man_From_India Jan 15 ’15 at 8:35

When to use singular or plural form of verb?

I’d guess many, in which case the verb should be plural. If any of the devices was not switched off, do something. The use of the singular form of the verb “was” after “any of the devices” in the sentence presented is correct grammatically, but it’s more formal.

Can a singular noun be modified by any?

This is what comes from looking in dictionaries and usage books for grammar information. It’s not there, sorry. And that’s not how any works. It can modify either plural count nouns or singular mass nouns, which means that any singular noun modified by any is automatically interpreted as a mass noun.