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| − | + | The word <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#306;">any</span> is made up of <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#603;">an</span> <span style="font-size:68%;color:#888;">( = one )</span> plus the adjective suffix <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#603;">-y</span> | |
== Quantifier == | == Quantifier == | ||
| − | Some people call any a quantifying adjective, others refer to it as a quantifying determiner. | + | Some people call <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#036;">any</span> a quantifying adjective, others refer to it as a quantifying determiner. |
| − | It is most often used with uncountable nouns and with plural countables, in questions and negative sentences (not... any) | + | It is most often used with uncountable nouns and with plural countables, in questions and negative sentences (<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#063;">not ... any</span>) |
| − | *Do you have any idea who wrote this? | + | *Do you have <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#036;">any</span> idea who wrote this? |
::when unstressed: <i>une idée</i>, when stressed: <i>le moindre idée</i> | ::when unstressed: <i>une idée</i>, when stressed: <i>le moindre idée</i> | ||
| − | * | + | *Have you seen <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#036;">any</span> good movies lately? |
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::when unstressed: <i>un bon film</i>, <i>des bons films</i>; when stressed: <i>au moins un bon film</i> | ::when unstressed: <i>un bon film</i>, <i>des bons films</i>; when stressed: <i>au moins un bon film</i> | ||
| − | *There | + | *There are<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#063;">n't any</span> chocolates left. |
::<i>plus de chocolats</i> | ::<i>plus de chocolats</i> | ||
| + | *I do<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#063;">n't</span> have <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#063;">any</span> time free this week. Maybe next Thursday? | ||
| + | ::<i>pas de temps</i> | ||
== Pronoun (Fused NP head) == | == Pronoun (Fused NP head) == | ||
Latest revision as of 12:41, 18 March 2020
The word any is made up of an ( = one ) plus the adjective suffix -y
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[hide]Quantifier
Some people call any a quantifying adjective, others refer to it as a quantifying determiner.
It is most often used with uncountable nouns and with plural countables, in questions and negative sentences (not ... any)
- Do you have any idea who wrote this?
- when unstressed: une idée, when stressed: le moindre idée
- Have you seen any good movies lately?
- when unstressed: un bon film, des bons films; when stressed: au moins un bon film
- There aren't any chocolates left.
- plus de chocolats
- I don't have any time free this week. Maybe next Thursday?
- pas de temps
Pronoun (Fused NP head)
- Late at night, you could hear that the building was full of mice. I never saw any in my apartment, though. Neither did my cat. ^^
Prefix
anything
anyone / anybody
anywhere
anyway / any way / [anyhow]
any which way
- any old way, however you please, n'importe comment
- Cf. every which way -- dans tous les sens
