Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ):Any
    讀者Angus從字典里得知any可以用在單數(shù)或眾數(shù)的名詞前面，因而產(chǎn)生一個(gè)疑問(wèn)︰下面兩組句子有否不同？
    1. Take any book you like.
    Take any books you like.
    2. I haven't read any book by Tolstoy.
    I haven't read any books by Tolstoy.
    Any后面可以是單數(shù)或眾數(shù)，然而，什么時(shí)候用單數(shù)，什么時(shí)候用眾數(shù)，兩者之間又有何不同，眾說(shuō)紛紜。本欄目的答案，相信也會(huì)引起讀者的回響。
    Any之后用單數(shù)或眾數(shù)，全憑說(shuō)話人決定，因此，"If you have any question, please ask"和 "If you have any questions, please ask"的意思沒(méi)有兩樣?，F(xiàn)在大多數(shù)人會(huì)說(shuō) "If you have any questions"，可能因?yàn)槁?tīng)起來(lái)好像更愿意去回答問(wèn)題罷了。其實(shí)，即使說(shuō)"If you have any question"也沒(méi)有只限定問(wèn)一個(gè)問(wèn)題。
    因此，take any book you like和take any books you like完全一樣。后者改成take as many books as you like可能更自然。
    至于第2組的句子，卻是一對(duì)一錯(cuò)，這個(gè)留待下次再講。