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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Something/Anything

Hi. I have this piece of dialogue...

Please let me know if you want to do something.

Do you have anything in mind?

I don't know. Maybe we could go see a movie or something.

My question: Is the 'anything' natural and a better option than something in sentence 2?

  

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anonymous s the 'anything' natural and a better option than something in sentence 2? Not really. Both 'anything' and 'something' are possible: Do you have [anything / something] in mind?

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anonymouss the 'anything' natural and a better option than something in sentence 2?

Not really. Both 'anything' and 'something' are possible:

Do you have [anything / something] in mind?

'something' often suggests that the speaker believes that the other person really does have something specific in mind, but the difference between 'anyth