"Is there any notebook on the desk?"
"There isn't any notebook on the desk."
I read these sentences in a worksheet made by someone whose native language isn't English.
Are these sentences grammatically correct?
Because I thought any is used with aren't and are
"Are there any notebooks on the desk?"
"There aren't any notebooks on the desk."
Best Answer
The two sentences do go together, and are grammatical, but they would only occur in the particular circumstance of persistent enquiry.
To find a context where "Is there any notebook on the desk?" and "There isn't any notebook" both work is not easy and ends up being quite contrived.
If the sentences are supposed to stand alone, as a spontaneous enquiry and its answer, then we wouldn't normally use any:
Any as a determiner usually indicates more than one object: