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Carter Lee Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Why does it use "anything"?

Hi. I have ran across the some sentence like this "people typically fear anything which is small probability".
At here, I can't quite a catch the meaning of "anything". Why does it use anything? Is "something or everything" possibly not work?

And I want know the exact meaning of anything at this sentence. What is the differnece Nuance?
  

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Carter Lee "people typically fear anything which is small probability". This is not natural, and it doesn't make sense!

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  • This is not natural, and it doesn't make sense!
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Carter Lee"people typically fear anything which is small probability".
This is not natural, and it doesn't make sense!
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teechr Carter Lee"people typically fear anything which is small probability".This is not natural, and it doesn't make sense!
Really? This is came from BBC 6 minuate description.
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Hi. this is came form here

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6min/151217_6min_english_taking_risks.pdf

"People typically fear anything which is small probability but it's extremely catastrophic if it were to happen…"
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Carter LeeHi. this is It came form here
Fair enough. But I stand by what I said earlier. That text is ungrammatical. It should have been, e.g.,
People typically fear anything which is has a small probability of occurring but it's which would be extremely catastrophic if it were to happen.
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teechr Carter LeeHi. this is It came form hereFair enough. But I stand by what I said earlier. That text is ungrammatical. It should have been, e.g.,People typically fear anything which is has a small probability of occurring but it's which would be extremely catastrophic if it were to happen.
Did you mean that the text was wrote wrong or native speakers used
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If the text accurately quotes what the speaker originally said, then it seems the speaker misspoke. It happens sometimes. I agree with teechr that it is ungrammatical. Teechr's suggested rewrite would fix the problems with the original.
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Carter Leethe meaning of "anything"
'any(thing)' implies 'it doesn't matter what it is'.

People fear anything that looks like a snake. (It doesn't matter what it is.)
People like anything that makes them laugh. (It doesn't matter what it is.)
I don't want to buy anything that's too expensive. (It doesn't matter what it i
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