(This is only in questions and negative statements. 'Give me some coins.', 'Do not give me any coins.') Where I say 'negative statements', often these are ones with 'not' in them, but there are a few verbs which have a negative meaning - like 'ban', 'prohibit', 'guard against' - these are all verbs that stop or forbid something from happening. When it does not matter how much or how many of something, but more than none: 'Have you any coins?', 'Do you need to take any pens?', 'The minister banned any sweets in the church.', 'I did not eat any cakes.', 'The police guard against any criminals.' (This is only in questions and negative statements.
When you are saying that it does not matter which one of many things: 'Give me a coin, any coin.', 'Paint it any colour you like.', 'Take any sweet, but only one.' 3. 'Do not give him any sugar.', 'Give him some sugar.') 2. When the noun is actually 'uncountable' or a 'mass noun' like 'water' or 'money' or 'air' - then you would say 'Have you any water?', 'Do you need any money?', 'In the small room, he felt like there wasn't any air.' (In the last one, you could also say '.there was no air.' (this is only in questions and negative statements.
Uncountable nouns - neither singular nor plural. I can only think of three usages of 'any': 1.
