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| + | Some people call any a quantifying adjective, others refer to it as a quantifying determiner. (which is when it is isn't a pronoun summarizing an entire noun phrase). | ||
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| + | It is most often used with uncountable nouns and with plural countables. | ||
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| + | *Do you have any idea who wrote this? (when unstressed: <i>une idée</i>, when stressed: <i>le moindre idée</i>) | ||
| + | *I don't have any time free this week. Maybe next Thursday? (<i>pas de temps</i>) | ||
| + | *Have you seen any good movies lately? (when unstressed: <i>un bon film</i>, <i>des bons films</i>, when stressed: <i>au moins un bon film</i>) | ||
== Pronoun (Fused NP head) == | == Pronoun (Fused NP head) == | ||
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Quantifier
Some people call any a quantifying adjective, others refer to it as a quantifying determiner. (which is when it is isn't a pronoun summarizing an entire noun phrase).
It is most often used with uncountable nouns and with plural countables.
- Do you have any idea who wrote this? (when unstressed: une idée, when stressed: le moindre idée)
- I don't have any time free this week. Maybe next Thursday? (pas de temps)
- Have you seen any good movies lately? (when unstressed: un bon film, des bons films, when stressed: au moins un bon film)
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, [i]n'importe comment[/i]
- Cf. every which way -- [i]dans tous les sens[/i]
