Learn English – “If I have some questions I will write you”

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I need to know if it's OK to use have and some in this sentence, and why?

If I have some questions I will write you.

I've been told it is more typical to use any here instead of some. Is there a logical explanation for it?

Best Answer

If I have some questions, I will write you is indeed less idiomatic than If I have any questions ... It's quite difficult to explain the difference formally (and of course, most native speakers would know this intuitively--in other words, they can use them correctly without much thought).

So, instead of trying to explain the usage of any and some systematically or formally, I will risk answering this question concisely, which could be more useful, by giving these paraphrases:

If I have some questions ... = If I have some amount/number of questions ...
If I have any questions ... = If I have any possible questions ...

And if you think about it, you may see that If I have some amount/number of questions, I will write you doesn't really work.

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