Is the usage of "Any questions" correct in a sentence?

[Viveksingh98]

Hi there,

Well i was going through your newsletter and i suddenly saw you use “any questions” in your sentence. Is the usage correct because i thought with any u cannot use a plural. According to me it should be “any question”. Correct me if i’m wrong. I’m not complaining or anything but i’m just inquisitive to know if the usage is correct.

The sentence was :"So what's the connection between watching TV and using the forum? Very simple, Alan has written this TV English test for you and he will answer any questions you might have on the forum direct."

Thanks and regards,
Vivek Singh

[Ctnsite]

Please activate Javascript in your browser to listen to this audio recording

253 Listened

Download mp3	Click to listen

It's totally correct. In most cases, 'any' is used with plural or uncountable nouns. When it's followed by singular nouns, it means 'practically every'. For example:
Any dictionary will give you the meaning of these words.

[Alan]

Hi Viveksingh98,

It is possible to use 'any' with both countable and uncountable nouns. We can say: If you have any question about the test, ask me to explain/If you have any questions about the text, ask me to explain/If you want any help with the yest, please ask me to explain.

Alan
_________________
English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story Present Simple

[Viveksingh98]

Hmm... I was just wondering, if the usage of "any questions" is correct then why do we often incorporate any with a singular pronoun. For instance, answer any one of the following questions. Here any one represents "choose one from many". Another instance, "Is there any body out there ?" means is there any one inside or whatever. I do accept i've seen the plural nouns/pronouns attached with any but from my point of view its inappropriate. Any means one from many. I don't know if my view point is correct or not but i would really appreciate if you can correct me by convincing me with apt examples.

Vivek

[Viveksingh98]

Oh! i just read your post alan. So what you say is any can be used with both singular as well as plural nouns/pronouns. Hmm...

Vivek

[Torsten]

You will find millions of examples of the phrase 'any questions you might have' is used when you google it. This takes less than a second.

TOEIC listening, photographs: Dental treatment