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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

any dictionary, any dictionaries - again

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00I asked a similar question not long ago, sorry, but I'm still struggling with "any"... 05002br
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00I didn't find it in any dictionary. --- 01font00(We said that it's dictionary, not dictionaries, ok)02font02br
00Have you found it in any [dictionary/dictionaries]? --- 01font00(but now it's interrogative... confused...)02font02br
00I didn't find it in any other [dictionary/dictionaries]. --- 01font00("any other" always bothers and confuses me.02font02br
00I didn't find any other [dictionary/dictionaries].02br
00Have you found it in any other [dictionary/dictionaries]? 02br
00Have you found any other [dictionary/dictionaries]?01i02br
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02i00Thanks. 051010id611id1
  

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0 01i00dictionary02i00 -- for all of them.02br
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00 If you want to emphasize that you looked in many dictionaries, it won't hurt to say 01i00dictionaries02i00, but the most neutral forms of those statements use 01i00dictionary02i00.02br
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00 Don't obsess about this. Most of the t
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10 Most of the time we native speakers are indifferent to the singular-plural polarity in these situations.12br
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10Ah, now I see why I keep finding both versions on the net... I see.02br
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00Thank you very much.02br
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