How I have to use any and some?
What is the difference between Any and Some? In the school, I resolved some exercises, in the exercises the application asked me with Any, and then I Answered with some. For instance:

Q: Do you have any roast beef?
A: Yes, we have some roast beef.

but, I want to know your experience with both words and their cases of use.

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How I have to use any and some?
What is the difference between Any and Some? In the school, I resolved some exercises, in the exercises the application asked me with Any, and then I Answered with some. For instance:

Q: Do you have any roast beef?
A: Yes, we have some roast beef.

but, I want to know your experience with both words and their cases of use.

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And negative statements always use "any": "No, we don't have any roast beef."  Pretty weird.

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Any is used only in a question to ask if there are more then zero of something and some means you have a little of something so the sentences could be reworded as do you have a number greater then zero roast beef left? Yes we have a little

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I would say some refers when something exists.  Any seems to apply when the existence is unknown or, as John says, is in the negative.

Could I have some of those figs?  No you can’t have any.

Can we meet some time?  Yes, we can meet any time.

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