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Grammar and Linguistics > Anything or everything??
Anything or everything??
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claudineraciti
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Anything or everything??
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I need your help!
I found this phrase in an exercise:
"London has anything you could ask for!"
My first reaction was: this sentence is wrong it should be: "London has everything you could ask for."
What do you think? Is it correct to use anything here??
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15 Jun 2011
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tulpen25
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It �s not correct. Everything is correct. |
15 Jun 2011
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claudineraciti
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Thanks for your quick reply? Do you know by any change how I could explain this to my students as in why it is wrong? |
15 Jun 2011
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maikacaceres
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I think it �s right. The meaning is different from "everything": you can find any object, any place, any person... so you can find whatever you want.
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15 Jun 2011
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gdinca
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Both are correct but slightly different.
With anything you put an emphasis on "no matter what you could ask for". |
15 Jun 2011
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poppyzey
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I had the same impression when I listened to the song years ago which was saying
�ı WOULD DO ANYTHING
FOR YOU ANYTHING � then I came across with this expression a lot and thought that it is used to emphise the feeling am I right ???
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15 Jun 2011
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