Usage question "any" - paging copyeditors
Mar. 15th, 2006 04:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Can I say "My book doesn't have any major mistake?"[1] I'm suddenly unsure, and google doesn't help because 'any' is too common a word. Andor does anyone have OED?
[1] Originally 'faux pas', but that's confusing because it's spelt the same in singular and plural.
[1] Originally 'faux pas', but that's confusing because it's spelt the same in singular and plural.
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Date: 2006-03-15 04:33 pm (UTC)My book doesn't have any major mistake, but may have some minor incorrect details.
One would probably say 'a' rather than 'any' tho