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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Everything/anything

Would you recommend using "anything" over "everything" here, and if so, why?

In achieving all this, Obregon has had capable coadjutators. First of all there is Huerta, the finance minister who arranged with Thomas W. Lament of J. P. Morgan &; Co. for the refunding of the Mexican debt. Descended from Yaqui Indians, Spaniards and Polish Jews, Huerta is everything but a soldier.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846011,00.html

Her official job description -- " to conduct site visits of federally funded projects and to check compliance with regulatory and statutory guidelines and provide technical assistance " -- is all eyeshades and fine print. But to listen to Carlos, the job is everything but.

Author:Heilemann, J.
Bates, A.Source:Washington Monthly
  

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The second example is unclear to me; however, the first is any thing. We have sent you money, we have paid your bills, we have provided all your daily needs; I think you can say that we have ben any thing but stingy.

  • The second example is unclear to me; however, the first is any thing.
  • We have sent you money, we have paid your bills, we have provided all your daily needs; I think you can say that we have ben any thing but stingy.
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The second example is unclear to me; however, the first is anything.

We have sent you money, we have paid your bills, we have provided all your daily needs; I think you can say that we have ben anything but stingy.

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