How to use anything in a sentence. Anyone, anybody and anything are indefinite pronouns We use anyone, anybody and anything to refer to both an open, unlimited set of things or people and specific things or people. He wasn't anything like his father Anything but by no means She was anything but happy
You use anything to emphasize a possible thing, event, or situation, when you are saying that it could be any one of a very large number of things. Does it taste anything like chocolate Anything but, in no degree or respect The plans were anything but definite. From middle english anything, enything, onything, from late old english aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing. Anything and any thing are easy to confuse
It is used to emphasize that you are referring to any object, as opposed to any person, animal, or idea. See examples of anything used in a sentence. Factsheet what does the word anything mean There are seven meanings listed in oed's entry for the word anything See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Definition of anything pronoun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
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