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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Any of this

"Business Minister Anna Soubry says she will not refer to "any individual in any of this". But, she adds, if any evidence of criminals behaviour is uncovered then a full criminal investigation should take place." (BBC.)

What is the interpretation of "any of this" in the prepositional phrase "in any of this" in the above?
  

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Anonymous any of this any part of the situation previously mentioned and described in the text you got this from CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous any of this any part of the situation previously mentioned and described in the text you got this from CJ
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Anonymousany of this
any part of the situation previously mentioned and described in the text you got this from

CJ
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CalifJimany part of the situation previously mentioned and described in the text you got this from
Thank you for the reply. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say "any of that" as it was previously mentioned?
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Anonymousmore appropriate
Yes, probably, but not everybody pays attention to that convention, and they sometimes use 'this' instead of 'that' in such situations.

CJ
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CalifJimYes, probably, but not everybody pays attention to that convention, and they sometimes use 'this' instead of 'that' in such situations.
Thank you for the explanation.
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