【问】 语法书上说，any用于否定句和疑问句，而some用于肯定句。例如：
 (a) I don’t have any money on me.(any为非断定词项)
 (b) Do you have any money on you?
 (c) I have some money on me.(some为断定词项)
 但下面的疑问句为什么用了some呢?
 Would you like some cake?
 想吃点蛋糕吧?
 【答】 当问话人只是提出问题，而对回答的期待没有倾向性或者倾向于否定的回答时，照例应当使用非断定词项any(anything，anyone，anybody等);当问话人希望得到肯定的回答时，就可以使用断定词项some(something，someone，somebody)：
 (a) Would you like any wine?
 想喝酒吗?
 (b) Would you like some wine?
 想喝点儿酒吧?
 句(a)对回答没有倾向性，只是想了解对方的愿望;句(b)则表示愿意得到肯定的回答
 (即句子的基本含义是断定的)，而显得很有礼貌。
 (a) Have you anything to tell me?
 有什么事要告诉我吗?
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 (b) Have you something to tell me?
 有事要告诉我吧?
 句(b)表示说话人期望有事告诉他，而句(a)则没有这种含义。
 (a) Did anybody telephone last night?
 (b) Did somebody telephone last night?
 句(b)意味着说话人期望或预料有人来过电话，而句(a)则没有此种含义。
 类例：
 1. Could you lend me some money? (Cronin)
 你能借给我一些钱吧?
 2. Will you have some cake? (OSD)
 吃点点心吧?
 3. Is someone coming this afternoon? (Eckersley)
 今天下午有人要来吧?
 4. 'Have you lost something?'(You seem to be searching.)(Eckersley)
 你丢东西了吧? (你似乎正在找。)
 由于同样的原因，some，something，somebody，someone也可以用在条件句中：
 1. If I had some money，I could buy it. (OSD)
 如果我有钱，我就把它买下来。”
 2. If they don't like something they simply veto it. (Mis)
 如果他们不喜欢什么事，他们就简单地把它否决掉。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 I'd been expecting____letters the whole mornig，but there weren't_________for me.
 A. some; any B. many; a few
 C. some; one D. a few; none(全国高考英语试题，1989)