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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>
  
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== Quantifier ==
  
== Quantifying Determiner (or Adjective) ==
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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. 
  
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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>)
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*Do you have <span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#036;">any</span> idea who wrote this? 
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::when unstressed: <i>une idée</i>, when stressed: <i>le moindre idée</i>
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*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>
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*There are<span style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;color:#063;">n't any</span> chocolates left.
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::<i>plus de chocolats</i>
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*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? 
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::<i>pas de temps</i>
  
 
== Pronoun (Fused NP head) ==
 
== Pronoun (Fused NP head) ==
  
*The building was full of mice.  I never saw '''any''' in my apartment.  Neither did my cat.
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*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 ==
 
== Prefix ==
  
== anything ==
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=== anything ===
===anyone / anybody===
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===anywhere===
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=== anyone / anybody ===
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=== anywhere ===
  
 
===anyway / any way / [anyhow]===
 
===anyway / any way / [anyhow]===
  
 
====any which way====
 
====any which way====
:any old way, however you please, [i]n'importe comment[/i]
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:any old way, however you please, <i>n'importe comment</i>
::Cf.  every which way -- [i]dans tous les sens[/i]
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::Cf.  every which way -- <i>dans tous les sens</i>
 
 
  
 
===any time===
 
===any time===

Latest revision as of 11:41, 18 March 2020

The word any is made up of an ( = one ) plus the adjective suffix -y

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

any time