Question

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable determiner:
I would like to buy ______________ sugar, please.
a. Any
b. Much
c. Some
d. Many

Answer 1

Hint: Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. So, you need to find the noun in the sentence and choose the word that makes it more clear what the noun is referring to.

Complete solution:
In the above given question we can see that the noun is – sugar which is an uncountable noun and we need to find a determiner. So what is that we need to do? We need to find the word that best determines the amount of sugar.

So, let us look into the options –
- Any is used with negative sentences and questions, like – Anny did not have any sugar or did he have any sugar?
- Much is used with uncountable and abstract nouns like – time etc.
- Some are used with uncountable nouns and in positive sentences.
- Many are used for countable nouns.
As you can see from the discussion above, the most appropriate answer is – option c.

Note: You must be clear on the concepts of countable & uncountable nouns and their usage to be able to solve the question easily.