Question

Many people get confused about when to use ‘some’, ‘any’, ‘no’ and ‘none’. Can you fill in the blank? We don’t have _͟ coffee left.

Answer 1

The words mentioned in the question are termed as 'Determiners'. A determiner is a type of adjective. A determiner always precedes a noun. The function of a determiner is to modify a noun to indicate quantity, possession, specificity, or definiteness.  Many determiners can be used either as adjectives or as pronouns.  Some of the determiners are: a, an, the, this, that, these, those, my, your, his, her, our, their, all, another, any, both, each, either, enough, every, few, fewer, less, little, many, more, most, much, neither, no, one, only, other, several, some, etc.

There are rules about each determiner. The rule for 'any' is: 'The words any, anybody, anyone, anything and anywhere are used in questions and negative statements.' 

Since the given sentence is a negative statement we will use 'any' in the blank.
Hence the blank will be filled as shown below:

We don’t have any coffee left.
 

Answer 2

Answer :

This question is based on determiners.

Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'determiner' as 'in grammar, a word that is used before a noun to show which particular example of the noun you are referring to.'

The word 'any' is a 'determiner,' which according to the Cambridge English Dictionary, means 'some, or even the smallest amount or number of.'

So, the correct sentence is :

We don’t have any coffee left.