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Is"any"singularorplural...example:Ifany
boy(or)ifanyboys?
can"any"alsorefertoagroup?
whichiscorrectIfanyMAN,
(or)ifanyMEN
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'Any'iseffectivelyanadjectiveinthisuse,soitdoesnotdeterminethe
numberofthenounfollowingitatall.Thenumberofthenounisdeterminedby
whatyouwanttosay,naturally.
So,forexample:
"ArethereanymeninourworldmorefamousthanGeorgeBushandTony
Blair?"
AND
"IsthereanymaninourworldworldmorefamousthanGeorgeBush?"
areequallyvalidsentences.Thechoicebetweensingular/pluralissimply
determinedbywhatitisyouwanttosay.
P.S.KateBisperfectlycorrectinsaying"Arethereanyquestions"isavalid
sentenceinEnglish.Infact,yourobjectionthatitisincorrectdespitebeing
frequentlyspokenandacceptedisalogicalfallacy,sincetheonlycriteriafora
sentence'svalidityLinguisticallyspeakingiswhetheritisacceptabletothe
nativespeakersofthelanguage.
P.P.S.UnfortunatelyPedrohasmistakentheuseof'any'asanadjective
(whichitisinyourexamples)foritsuseasanindefinitepronoun(asinhis
sourcematerial)thislatterusebeingconsiderablylesscommon.The
differencebeingthatasanadjectiveitisappliedbeforeanoun,e.g.'anymen',

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Is"any"singularorplural...example:Ifanyboy(or)ifanyboys?|YahooAnswers
whereasasapronounitcanbeusedasthesubject/objectofaverb,e.g."He
isbetterthananybeforehim!"(theexamplesucksbecauseasIsaiditis
reallynotaswidelyusedastheotheravailableindefinitepronouns,particularly
'anybody','anyone'or'anything').
Hopethishelpsclearthingsup,butifanythingremainsunclearI'llbekeeping
aneyeonthethreatsojustupdateyourquestion.
Source(s):
IamstudyingLinguisticsattheUniversityofOxford.
RichardH8yearsago
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Itcanbeusedeitherway.
Arethereanyquestions?
Ifyouhaveanyquestionastomyqualifications...
Isanymanabletoliftthisweight?
AreanymenavailabletoworkonSaturday?
Justmakesurethatthesubjectandverbagree.
KateB8yearsago
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Anyiseithersingularorplural.
Source(s):
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=any
Marknight8yearsago
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Neitheranyisanindefinitepronoun.
Kilty8yearsago
1

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