Meaning of でも

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nonezumi

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• 3 Feb 2011

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Hello,

Recently I have came across following sentence

「おこまりの ことでも ありますか」。

Maybe it can be translated as "Do you have anything that troubles you?"
But I am not sure why でも was used. If I replace it with が would it change the meaning

Thank you very much for you kind help.

 

Toritoribe

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• 3 Feb 2011

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３ 物事をはっきりと言わず、一例として挙げる意を表す。 「けが―したら大変だ」「兄に―相談するか」

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http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/152508/m0u/でも/

が restricts the object only to おこまりのこと, whereas でも shows that it's one of the examples.

Do you have anything that troubles you or like that?

 

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nonezumi

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28 Aug 2010

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• 3 Feb 2011

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Hello Toritoribeさん、

Thank you very much for your always very kind and so helpful
replies.