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Hela Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Anything or everything

Dear teachers,

Would you please tell me which of the following pronouns I should use here and why?

1. Almost everything / anything you ask him, he refuses without even considering it.

2. Put that horror movie on Channel 4 on. Everything / Anything would be better than this!

Many thanks and I wish you all the best.
  

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Hela Would you please tell me which of the following pronouns I should use here and why? Both are fine; it is more an idiolectical choice, I think. In #2, 'anything' is more likely, since other shows are likely to be bad, while in #1, they seem synonymous to me.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hela Would you please tell me which of the following pronouns I should use here and why?
  • Both are fine; it is more an idiolectical choice, I think.
  • In #2, 'anything' is more likely, since other shows are likely to be bad, while in #1, they seem synonymous to me.
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HelaWould you please tell me which of the following pronouns I should use here and why?
Both are fine; it is more an idiolectical choice, I think. In #2, 'anything' is more likely, since other shows are likely to be bad, while in #1, they seem synonymous to me.
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Good morning, Mister Micawber Emotion: smile

And what about these two quantifiers, are they interchangeable in this sentence?

3.
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HelaAnd what about these two quantifiers, are they interchangeable in this sentence?
No, that doesn't work, since 'nearly each' does not collocate—and its concept seems rather murky when you think about it. However, these are essentially interchangeable:

Each person I saw that day...
Every person I saw that day...

Of course
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