Something vs. anything
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I have one question - which pronoun will be suitable in the following sentence between something vs. anything; "Not until my mom came home did I eat [something/anything]."
While the original one before inversion is "It was not until my mom came home that I ate something.", I assume it could be meant in following two ways;
1. I didn’t eat anything until my mom came home. (=negative sentence)
2. As soon as my mom came home, I ate something. (=affirmative sentence)
While I am inclined to 'something' based above no.2, will appreciate, if you kindly explain which scope the 'Not' in the original sentence - "Not until my mom ~ " does effect in the 1st clause only or upto the 2nd clause, that is, the whole sentence.
Thanks in advance,
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deepcosmos I have one question - which pronoun will be suitable in the following sentence between something vs. ", I assume it could be meant in following two ways; 1. I didn’t eat anything until my mom came home.
- deepcosmos I have one question - which pronoun will be suitable in the following sentence between something vs.
- ", I assume it could be meant in following two ways; 1.
- I didn’t eat anything until my mom came home.
- (=negative sentence) 2.
- As soon as my mom came home, I ate something.
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deepcosmosI have one question - which pronoun will be suitable in the following sentence between something vs. anything; "Not until my mom came home did I eat [something/anything]."
deepcosmosWhile the original one before inversion is "It was not until my mom came home that I ate something.", I assume it could be meant in following two
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