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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Number has [anywhere] to go but up.

The number of lawyers registered with the Animal Legal Defense Fund is currently around seven hundred, and no one thinks that number has anywhere to go but up.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know why "anywhere" is standing before "to go", not "but up."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon no one thinks that number has anywhere to go but up. Do you understand this? I haven't anywhere to go today, so I will stay at home.

— AlpheccaStars

  • park sang joon no one thinks that number has anywhere to go but up.
  • Do you understand this?
  • I haven't anywhere to go today, so I will stay at home.
  • Will the number go up or down?
  • Will it increase or decrease?
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park sang joonno one thinks that number has anywhere to go but up.
Do you understand this? I haven't anywhere to go today, so I will stay at home.
Will the number go up or down? Will it increase or decrease?
No one thinks it will go down.
It has nowhere to go except up. = It hasn't anywhere to go except (but) up.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStarts, for your detailed answer. Emotion: smile
Then, I'd like to know here if "anywhere" is used as "pronoun."
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park sang joonThen, I'd like to know here if "anywhere" is used as "pronoun."
Yes.
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