Any vs. All
There has been always a challenge about using "all" and "any'' in English contexts.
What Are Their Main Differences?
Differences
What They Refer to
- 'Any':
means 'it does not matter which', and it refers to one or more inexact amount; but 'not whole'.
- 'All':
means the whole number or amount. It refers to every single items in a group.
There were many kinds of foods in the menu, and
Similarities
Grammatical Functions
- 'All' and 'any' are used as:
We were having fun
Enough with the lies, I have heard it
There was mud
Do you need
"How was the shrimp?" 'I didn't get
He cannot cook
Any as an Adverb
- 'Any':
is used before comparative adjectives mostly, in negative and interrogative sentences. In this case, it means 'even a small amount'.
This couldn't get any
'All', 'All of', and 'All of the'
We use 'all' to talk about everyone or everything in a particular type. We use 'all the' or 'all of the' to talk about everyone or everything in a particular group.
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