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Green89 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

something vs anything

hi,everyone.I met such a sentence:

I know he never says something unless he knows it's right

plz explain to me why something here is correct? why not anything?

thanks in advanced
  

Top answer

They both sound okay to me, even though it might be proven that 'anything' is more common.

— Davkett

  • They both sound okay to me, even though it might be proven that 'anything' is more common.
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They both sound okay to me, even though it might be proven that 'anything' is more common.
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They are indeed both common, and in your sentence either will do nicely. The use of something/someone/etc in this structure is called 'positive bias'. It suggests a bit more assurance in the mind of the speaker that the event will occur.
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thank you very much,Mister Micawber and Davkett:)
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