Talk:anything

I've heard it pronounced /ɛniðɪŋ/ by Americans. Don't know if this is regional or how accepted it is, but they seemed to speak "normal" American English.

like anything

informal (extremely, intensely)

--Backinstadiums (talk) 11:37, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

anything like

[with negative words or phrases] at all like (something); at all:
The test isn't anything like as hard as last week's.
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/anything

--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:15, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

have you anything to declare?

noun: a thing of any kind
have you anything to declare?
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/anything

Is this really a nominal use? why? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:17, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

used instead of something

Used instead of something in negative sentences and in questions; after if/whether; and after verbs such as prevent, ban, avoid, forbid etc.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/anything?q=anything

--Backinstadiums (talk) 20:59, 21 November 2020 (UTC)