Should I write "any question" or "any questions"?

"Any question" places a strict limit on the number of questions allowable to exactly one. For example, there was exactly one question as to who wore the ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore ShouldIwrite"anyquestion"or"anyquestions"? AskQuestion Asked 11years,2monthsago Modified 2years,6monthsago Viewed 300ktimes 12 7 Aretheybothcorrect?Shouldtherebesingularorpluralthatrightafter"any"?Iftheyarebothcorrect,what'sthedifference? Here,IquotesomesentencesfromtheInternetandIwonderiftheword"problem"canbechangedinto"problems"orviseversa. Idon'tthinktherewasanyquestionsheworethepants. Icanaskyouanyquestion,andyouwillanswer? Wewereneveraskedanyquestions. Anyquestionsaboutwhatishappeninginmineareputasideuntildessertisserved. word-choicegrammaticality Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedMay3,2011at12:56 Uticensis 21.4k6767goldbadges147147silverbadges239239bronzebadges askedMay3,2011at12:42 xzhuxzhu 2,6201111goldbadges3232silverbadges4646bronzebadges 5 1 possibleduplicateofIs"any"alsousedwithplurals? – apaderno May3,2011at12:51 Anotherrelatedquestionis"Isthereanyproof"versus"arethereanyproofs". – apaderno May3,2011at12:55 Theyarerelated,but,inmyopinion,notduplicates. – Alenanno May3,2011at12:58 2 @AlenannoThequestionreportedinthefirstcommentalreadycoverswhataskedinthisquestion.Ifthereisn'tasetphrase,askingabout"anycakes,""anyquestions,""anysurprises"wouldgetthesameanswer. – apaderno May3,2011at13:18 Aquestionpostedin2011andthelastanswerbeforetoday'swaspostedinDec2013,sevenyearsofdormancyyetthepostnoticesaysthisquestionishighlyactive?? – Mari-LouA Jan4,2020at16:27 Addacomment  |  6Answers 6 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 13 "Anyquestion"placesastrictlimitonthenumberofquestionsallowabletoexactlyone.Forexample,therewasexactlyonequestionastowhoworethepants.However,wherethenumberofquestionshasnotbeendetermined,orisunrestricted,thenthepluralshouldbeused. IsthereanyquestionthatIamcorrect?Idon'thinkso.(Theonlyquestionmightbe"areyoucorrect".)However,anyquestionsyouhaveshouldbeaddedtothecommentsbelow.(Questionsmightbe"areyouserious?","whatauthoritydoyoucite?","whyisyourspeelllingsobad?"andsoforth.) Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay3,2011at14:30 FraserOrrFraserOrr 15.9k33goldbadges4444silverbadges5656bronzebadges Addacomment  |  4 Using"anyquestion"soundssostrange. "Callmewithanyquestionsyoumayhave". Yeah,itstillsoundsbetterinplural.Thoughthinkingaboutit,eventhoughitisnotaquestion,itworksintheambiguousoruncertaintensethat"any"workswith...whichisgenerallyplural. "Doyouhaveanycats,hats,tires,fires,mice,etc" Theyallruninplural. Howeveratthebeginningofasentence,inamorecertain,assertive,authoritativetense,singularityisfine. "Anyquestioncanbeanswered..." "Anychildcanlearntoswim" "Anywallcanbetorndown"etc Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun15,2020at7:40 CommunityBot 1 answeredMay3,2011at12:52 ykombinatorykombinator 81211goldbadge77silverbadges1414bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2 Ifyouexplainsomethingataconference(forexample),intheendyouwouldsay"Anyquestions?". Ithinkthereasonisthatthereisn'tadefinitenumberofquestionyouexpecttobeasked,soyouusetheplural. Honestly,Ican'trecallhearing/reading"Anyquestion?"usedinthisway,plusthereevenisaRadioProgrammecalled"Anyquestions?". Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay3,2011at12:51 AlenannoAlenanno 17.9k22goldbadges4949silverbadges7878bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Honestly,IthinkImightneedmorecontexttogiveathoroughanswer,ButI'lltakeastabatitanyway. Ifyouarereferringtoatest,andsaying: "Ididn'tmissanyquestion(s)onthattest" Thenbotharecorrect,becausebotharetrue.Youdidn'tmissasinglequestion,nordidyoumissany2(ormore)questions. -EDIT- Ingeneral,Ithinkit'ssafetosaythatbotharegrammaticallycorrect.Butdependingonwhetheryouarereferringtoone,ormorethanonequestion,woulddeterminewhichtouse. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredMay3,2011at12:45 MikeVaughanMikeVaughan 5,4322626silverbadges3535bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  0 "Icanaskyouanyquestion,andyouwillanswer?" Thissentencesoundunnaturaltome.Ithinkabetterchoicewouldbe:WillyouansweranyquestionsImayhave? Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan4,2020at16:10 tony_969tony_969 2122bronzebadges Addacomment  |  -4 asfarasIknow,"Any"issingular!:) thereforeitshouldbe Anyquestion? "anyquestion?"isjusttheshortcutof"isthereanyquestion?"ifyouwouldliketomakeitpluralthenjustomitthe"any"like aretherequestions? Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredDec1,2013at15:20 marcmarc 1 1 First,anydictionarywilltellyouthatanycanbesingularorpluralasapronoun.Second,Isthereanyquestion?meanssomethingdifferentfromArethereanyquestions? – choster Dec1,2013at19:56 Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedword-choicegrammaticalityoraskyourownquestion. 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