Does any take singular or plural verb?

“Any” can be either singular or plural depending on the context. “I will marry any girl who answers my email.” There are many possible girls out there, but I am presumably only going to marry one of them. “Any employees who work overtime will receive a bonus.” Many employees might qualify.

Should I add s after any?

If you use any or some with countable nouns, the nouns should be plural, i.e. you should add an ‘s’. If the noun following any or some is uncountable, don’t add an ‘s’.

Which nouns are singular or plural?

A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es….Examples.

Have you got any plural or singular?

“Have you got any” is generally followed by the plural. Or, an “uncountable noun” like beer or water or ice cream where the singular functions as a plural also.

Can we use any with singular nouns?

Reference to countable nouns. When any is used as a pronoun in questions to refer to countable nouns, it can be used with either singular or plural verbs: is any or are any.

Can you use any with plural?

Any is normally used with plural and uncountable nouns in questions, negative and conditional sentences: Do we have any beer? ~ Yes, we do. It’s in the fridge.

Can we use any with singular?

What is a singular noun example?

If you look at one object and name it, you have an example of a singular noun. For example there is one lamp on my bookcase and one chair at my desk. In these examples the nouns lamp, bookcase, chair, and desk are all singular because they indicate only one.

Can we use any with plural?

Any is normally used with plural and uncountable nouns in questions, negative and conditional sentences: Do we have any beer? ~ Yes, we do. It’s in the fridge. Do we have any glasses? ~ Yes, we do.

Does any or do any?

The verb has to agree with the pronoun any, but all four are correct because any is ambiguous. It could mean “any single one” or, for example, “any two”. Does/Do any of you know Marisa? [Does if any means “any one”, Do otherwise.]

Can we use any with singular noun?

Which is the singular form of the word any?

With mass nouns (also called uncountable nouns), any is singular. This is because mass nouns (like water, furniture, jewelry) are thought of in terms of quantity rather than a countable number. Examples.

Is it possible to use any countable noun plural?

[ANY + countable noun singular] Yes, possible. [ANY + countable noun plural] Yes, possible. For the first one, you have no choice. (By the way, “information” is noncountable in English. There is no word “informations”.) The choice between the second and third may be what’s giving you trouble.

When do you use any as a pronoun?

Use any as a pronoun to refer to singular or plural nouns. When you use the word to mean “one or more of,” it agrees with singular verbs like is or does. When you use any to mean “some of” a group of people or things, use plural verbs like are and do.

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