AT YOUR SERVICE, SIR! Choose=> a, some, any or -. When alternatives are possible, then give both options.
(1) …..robots are common in industry and perhaps they will soon be common in the home. (2) …….robot working in the home must be able to behave like (3) …….human. You could ask it to make breakfast for you. ‘I’d like (4) …….pot of coffee, please and (5) …….boiled eggs.’ ‘How many, sir?’ ‘Two please.’ You wouldn’t have to worry about bringing friends home to dinner. ‘I’ve brought (6) …….friends for dinner,’ you would say, ‘please prepare (7) …….meal for six.’ Your robot would be (8) …….cook, (9) …….servant and (10) …….cleaner, and perhaps it could even do the shopping. ‘We haven’t got (11) …….tomatoes,’ you would say. ‘Be (12) …….good robot and get some from the supermarket.’ (13) …….robots would never need to sleep, and would never complain. But I wouldn’t want them wandering round the house at night!