Question Details: What's the difference?
- There was hardly any/anything wind
- There was hardly ______ to sit.
2007-11-07 07:28:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
any and anywhere
2007-11-07 07:32:48 · answer #1 · answered by migdalski 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was hardly any wind.
There was hardly anywhere to sit. (vs. "There were hardly any seats.")
There was hardly anything to eat. (vs. "There were hardly any sandwiches" or "There was hardly any food.")
Saying "There was hardly anything wind" doesn't make any sense. "Anything" is a noun, while "hardly any" is a description of the noun that follows it directly.
2007-11-07 07:42:59 · answer #2 · answered by trish 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hardly any is proper grammer unless theres a commer after hardly anything. Not a semi colon. For the second one you can say anywhere however that is less commenly used
hope it helped
2007-11-07 07:32:59 · answer #3 · answered by Fariy_God_Sistah 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There was hardly any wind.
There was hardly anyplace to sit.
2007-11-07 07:36:25 · answer #4 · answered by madsmaha1 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
any goes in front of nouns
anything can go in front of adjectives or verbs:
anything special, there wasn't anything to do
anywhere
2007-11-10 07:18:54 · answer #5 · answered by kelby_lake 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any is singular anything is for plural , Generally.
2007-11-07 07:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by Max Power says relax 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋