Not any / not every / not all

Hi,

Are these sentences correct? If not, could you correct them?

1. Not any tie will do for this shirt. Not wrong, but sounds a bit odd. You'd expect 'no tie'.

We do say slightly more emphatic things like 'Not just any old tie will do for this shirt'.

2. Not every student can solve this math problem. Fine.

3. Not all clubs work in are open

Thank you, Clive!

As I understand the first sentence should be: “No tie will do for this shirt.”

Does it mean the same as “Not every tie will do for this shirt.”?

Alex+Thank you, Clive!

As I understand the first sentence should be: “No tie will do for this shirt.”

Does it mean the same as “Not every tie will do for this shirt.”?

No. If you said "no tie will do" then it means there are zero ties that will work. No such tie exists.

"Not every tie" means you need to be careful cho

Hi,

As I understand the first sentence should be: “No tie will do for this shirt.” Yes.

Does it mean the same as “Not every tie will do for this shirt.”? No.

'Not every tie will do' means 'one or more will do, but not all'.

Usually, the speaker means 'only a small number will do'.



Clive

Thank you for your simultaneous answers

So as I understand in the informative sentence we can use “any” or “every”:
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Sorry, I meat “affirmative”, not “informative”.

Thank you for your simultaneous answers

So as I understand in the affirmative sentence we can use “any” or “every”:
“An