'Any', 'None', and 'No'

Finally we’re going to talk about any none and no very very common.

And the best way to really learn these is by example to get a feeling for them.

Any can be used for questions and it can also be used as an answer to the same question.

The most common question is do you have any.

Plus the thing you could just say Do you have any.

I need some chocolate.

Do you have any.

I don’t have any.

We don’t say I have any.

We would say I have some.

So we would use any if it’s an answer.

Only if it’s when it’s zero.

The amount is zero.

We have none.

We don’t say I have any.

We never say that but when we ask the question we can say Do you have any.

Do you have any.

Do you have any chocolate.

I don’t have any.

This is how it’s used.

None is usually at the end of the sentence.

She gave me none.

I got none.

There was none.

Usually it goes at the end of the sentence and it means it means zero means zero.

No then is usually followed by something else unless it’s a statement to answer a question a yes no question.

Do you want to go.

No.

No.

But if we’re talking about an amount of something this classes about quantifies the amount to zero then we would say no.

Plus the thing for example we have no time.

We have no time.

We have very little time means we have some but almost no time.

If it’s zero we can say no time.

We have no time.

We need to go.

We have no time.

So let’s look at some examples and you can get a better feeling for this.

I don’t want any help.

Do you need any help.

Remember it can be used in a question.

Do you need any help.

We wouldn’t say I want any help.

We would say I really I really need some help.

I really need your help but if it’s no.

If it’s 0 I don’t.

I don’t want any help.

I don’t need any help.

Did you find any quarters quarters are twenty five cents.

Twenty five cents that we use in America.

Did you find any quarters.

No.

None or I could say I didn’t find any quarters.

I didn’t find any.

So as a question did you find any as an answer.

No none noticed that none goes by itself.

And if I want to say I didn’t find any.

That is also totally OK.

All right.

I asked for help.

I got none notice that none is at the end of the sentence.

There’s nothing after it.

We don’t usually put anything after none.

We already stated the thing we’re talking about.

We’re talking about help.

OK.

I asked for help.

We know we’re talking about help.

Then the next thing we say is I got none.

I got no help.

I got no help.

I could say I got no help.

Or could we use any.

Yes we could.

We could say I didn’t get any help.

So all of those are OK.

They’re the same thing.

I got none.

I got no help.

I didn’t get any help.

Same thing.

I basically got no help.

Basically got no help.

I have no time left.

I have no time left.

I have little time left.

I have no time left now.

Can that be used to understate something.

Sometimes if we’re in a big hurry we might have a few minutes but we don’t want to say we have a few minutes a little time.

So we say I’m sorry I have no time.

I have no time.

OK we’re emphasizing that we don’t want to give any of our time.

Don’t want to give any of our time.

There are no more books.

There are no more books.

So this is often used.

No more is used.

Followed by the thing that we’re talking about.

I got no help.

We say help after No.

No more books books goes after no no time.

Time goes after No.

Did you get any help.

None.

Are there any books.

No.

None.

Nothing after that.

So these examples I hope make any none and no very very clear.

And make sure you practice these and look out for them as your reading or as you’re speaking with others.

Pay attention to when they’re used because the more examples you see the better of an understanding you can get for these phrases and quanta fires although they’re very simple are extremely important and you need to feel super duper comfortable with them in order to use them naturally when you speak.

OK so if you didn’t already you should have a very clear picture of how different quanta fires are used to express different quantities different amounts.

The best way to really get a natural feeling for them because you can know them but not really know how to use them when you’re speaking the best way to naturally get a feeling for them to really use them is to practice practice practice until they become habits.

I can’t express that enough one part of learning is knowledge.

One part of learning is habits.

Habits come through practice and repetition practice makes perfect.

So make two sentences for every quanta fire that we learned in this lesson.

Try to make two clear sentences of different types.

OK then if you want to read through them and record them that would be a good idea.

You can listen to your pronunciation and see if you can make any corrections.

And if you want to make more than two sentences more than two examples that is just fine.

The more practice the better.

Hey good luck.

I’ll see you in the next lesson.