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What word is missed?
I have a sentence "Do you have (missing word) aspirin?"
How to fix it?
Nov 30, 2015 8:31 AM
Answers · 6
Do you have an aspirin ?
Do you have any aspirin ?
Either is acceptable
November 30, 2015
If this is a grammar exercise, I suspect your teacher is looking for 'any'.
In the sentence 'Do you have any aspirin?', this is an uncountable noun, referring to the substance/drug compound in general terms. You might ask this in a shop, for example, when you want a whole bottle or packet.
But 'aspirin' is also used as a countable noun, referring to the tablets themselves. For example, you could buy a packet of 24 aspirins - this is countable. So, if you have a headache and you want to know if your friend has one tablet in her handbag that she can give you, you might say 'Do you have an aspirin?'
November 30, 2015
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