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Zany banana 409 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
'If at all' & 'if any at all'
Could you please explain the usage of 'if at all' & 'if any at all'? I goggled about it a lot, yet my confusions have stayed the same.
Please help!
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g. , perhaps human activity doesn't influence climate change in any way). g.
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- , perhaps human activity doesn't influence climate change in any way).
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- maybe there are no advantages).
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"if at all" is typically used when it is questioned whether something happens, e.g. "Nobody knows to what extent human activity influences climate change, if at all" (i.e., perhaps human activity doesn't influence climate change in any way).
"if any at all" is an embellished or emphasised form of "if any", used to question whether something exists, e.g. "There are few advantages, if any
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