What's the difference between "not one" and "not any"?

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CalifJim · Accepted Answer

It's hard to give a complete answer because each of those expressions has so many different uses. Here are some sentences. After reading through them you may have more specific questions.

A busy retiree, he's not one to spend too much time in the evening on meal prep.
The goaltenders ruled through the first five rounds, as not one goal was scored.
We asked for a medium spice for all three entrees, and not one was overly spicy.
Although the economic package passed yesterday, not one Republican voted for it.
But not one of these survives, according to the British botanist Andrew Byfield.

That's not any worse than forcing non-union workers to pay union dues.
It may be winter, but surely it's not any wonderland the songwriters had in mind.
There was not any real emotion between the two lead characters.
Financing remains in doubt, and it's not any clearer when the project might start.
Looking back, there was not any reason to predict they would end up together.

CJ

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