Any
determiner
One or some, it does not matter which.
Do you have any apples?
Often appears as...
- any questions
- any time
determiner
Used to refer to one or some of a thing or number of things, no matter how much or many.
I don't have any money
Often appears as...
- any more
- any better
adverb
At all, in any degree.
I don't feel any better
Often appears as...
- any better
- any easier
pronoun
Any person or people.
Any of us could do the job
Often appears as...
- any of us
- any of them
determiner
Used for emphasis in questions and negatives.
Is there any cake left at all?
Often appears as...
- any left
- any idea
adverb
Even slightly, to a small extent.
I can't run any faster
Often appears as...
- any faster
- any slower
determiner
One or some, it does not matter which.
Do you have any apples?
Often appears as...
- any questions
- any time
determiner
Used to refer to one or some of a thing or number of things, no matter how much or many.
I don't have any money
Often appears as...
- any more
- any better
adverb
At all, in any degree.
I don't feel any better
Often appears as...
- any better
- any easier
pronoun
Any person or people.
Any of us could do the job
Often appears as...
- any of us
- any of them
determiner
Used for emphasis in questions and negatives.
Is there any cake left at all?
Often appears as...
- any left
- any idea
adverb
Even slightly, to a small extent.
I can't run any faster
Often appears as...
- any faster
- any slower
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/3Offers and Requests
Use 'any' when offering or requesting something where the exact number isn't important.
Would you like any help with your project?
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation of Few
'Any' suggests you don't expect a lot of what you're asking about.
Are there any tickets left for the concert?
Pro Tip 3/3General Inquiries
Use 'any' for general questions, where the answer can be 'none' or 'some'.
Do you have any feedback on my essay?
Pro Tip 1/3Offers and Requests
Use 'any' when offering or requesting something where the exact number isn't important.
Would you like any help with your project?
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation of Few
'Any' suggests you don't expect a lot of what you're asking about.
Are there any tickets left for the concert?
Pro Tip 3/3General Inquiries
Use 'any' for general questions, where the answer can be 'none' or 'some'.
Do you have any feedback on my essay?
Pro Tip 1/3Offers and Requests
Use 'any' when offering or requesting something where the exact number isn't important.
Would you like any help with your project?
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation of Few
'Any' suggests you don't expect a lot of what you're asking about.
Are there any tickets left for the concert?
Pro Tip 3/3General Inquiries
Use 'any' for general questions, where the answer can be 'none' or 'some'.
Do you have any feedback on my essay?
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The Infinite Hotel...
where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager
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Can you solve the bridge...
anyone crossing must either hold the lantern or stay right next to it, and any of you can safely wait in the dark on either side of the gorge. Most importantly, everyone must be safely across before the zombies arrive. Otherwise, the first zombie could step on the bridge while people are still on it.
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Questions No One Knows...
At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another. And yet we see no convincing evidence of any of it. Why? Well, there are numerous possible answers, some of them quite dark.
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Bring on the learning...
I believe fundamentally, as many speakers have said during the past few days, that we make very poor use of our talents. Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.
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The psychological weight...
so thank you very much so if any of you have a health issue that you need to deal with or a life change you need to deal with i urge you to imagine your healthy future self and start living that life now break your journey down into little battles
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Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source.
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Why do women have...
along with any unfertilized eggs, sick, dying, or dead embryos. That protective process is known as menstruation, leading to the period. This biological trait, bizarre as it may be,
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Baby Chick Jumps Off...
Reunited. Three out of five chicks have made it. Without such a dramatic start in life, it's unlikely any of them would have even got this far.
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World’s Grumpiest Cat I...
a palace's cat he has the densest fur of any cat in the world
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
do you know any leucistic hyenas Ruben said oh no
Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager
Video examples
Can you solve the bridge...
anyone crossing must either hold the lantern or stay right next to it, and any of you can safely wait in the dark on either side of the gorge. Most importantly, everyone must be safely across before the zombies arrive. Otherwise, the first zombie could step on the bridge while people are still on it.
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another. And yet we see no convincing evidence of any of it. Why? Well, there are numerous possible answers, some of them quite dark.
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
I believe fundamentally, as many speakers have said during the past few days, that we make very poor use of our talents. Very many people go through their whole lives having no real sense of what their talents may be, or if they have any to speak of.
Video examples
The psychological weight...
so thank you very much so if any of you have a health issue that you need to deal with or a life change you need to deal with i urge you to imagine your healthy future self and start living that life now break your journey down into little battles
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source.
Video examples
Why do women have...
along with any unfertilized eggs, sick, dying, or dead embryos. That protective process is known as menstruation, leading to the period. This biological trait, bizarre as it may be,
Video examples
Baby Chick Jumps Off...
Reunited. Three out of five chicks have made it. Without such a dramatic start in life, it's unlikely any of them would have even got this far.
Video examples
World’s Grumpiest Cat I...
a palace's cat he has the densest fur of any cat in the world
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
do you know any leucistic hyenas Ruben said oh no
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking.
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Ulysses S. Grant
American President
I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
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Patti Smith
American Musician
If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
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William James
American Philosopher
The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.
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Henry Miller
American Author
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
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Cher
American Musician
I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking.
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Ulysses S. Grant
American President
I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.
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Patti Smith
American Musician
If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
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William James
American Philosopher
The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.
Quote examples
Henry Miller
American Author
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
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Cher
American Musician
I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way.
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