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Any 6-year-old can do that.

Every 6-year-old can do that.

If any 6-year-old can do that, this one can.

Pick a card---any card.

Pick a card---every card.

There isn't anyone.

There isn't someone.

There is no one.

If there is anyone who can solve this problem, it is Mr. Bond.

If anyone can solve this problem, Mr. Bond can.

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations has the longest name of any of the 50 states.

Victoria had the longest reign of any monarch.

p is the probability that any atom decays in the next second.
p is the probability that every atom decays in the next second.
p is the probability that some atom decays in the next second.

He doesn't know anyone.

I don't think he knows anyone.

This heinous crime cannot be blamed on any of the people on this list.

These students don't know any of the prerequisite material.

These students don't know some of the prerequisite material.

You can cash this check at any bank.

You can cash this check at every bank.

You cannot cash this check an any bank.

You cannot cash this check at every bank.

You can make anyone look guilty by framing him up.

You can make everyone look guilty by framing him up.

You can make someone look guilty by framing him up.

Any two snowflakes you pick will differ from each other.

I don't think anyone is home.

Is anyone home?

Am I missing anything?

Am I missing something?

Anyone can do this.

Can anyone do this?

How can anyone do that?

How can everyone do that?

I know nothing of them, nor they of me.

I know nothing of them, nor do they know anything of me.

If any.....
(i.e. one does not know whether there is any)

Any remembered instance of the old custom is mistaken for a monstrous accident. ("If any"?)
Every remembered instance of the old custom is mistaken for a monstrous accident. ("If any"?)

Was there ever any society in which that practice was customary? If there were any, then...

Any unbiased estimator satisfies this identity.
(But we don't know whether there is any unbiased estimator.)

Any self-respecting bank robber would have worn a ski mask.

Every self-respecting bank robber would have worn a ski mask.

Any even number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers.
Every even number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers.

Any man would do the same thing.
Every man would do the same thing.

Does anyone know a good mechanic?
Does everyone know a good mechanic?
Does someone know a good mechanic?

Anything you do now will only make the situation worse.
Everything you do now will only make the situation worse.

...without any money.
...without some money.

Can anyone do that?
Can someone do that?
Can everyone do that?

I can meet anyone.
I can meet everyone.
I can meet someone.
I can't meet anyone.
I can't meet everyone.

It could be anywhere.
It could be everywhere.

Any two snowflakes are different.
Every two snowflakes are different.

He can go anywhere and see anything.
He can go everywhere and see everything.

He arrived 30 minutes earlier than any other guest.
He arrived 30 minutes earlier than every other guest.

The auditor was free to examine any file.
The auditor was free to examine every file.

That's the best that anybody can do.
That's the best that everybody can do.
That's the best that somebody can do.

That information cannot be found in any book.

Find pages with

• all these words:
• this exact word or phrase:
• any of these words:
• none of these words:
• numbers ranging from:_______ to_______

The answer to that question can be found in any book on geology.
The answer to that question can be found in every book on geology.
The answer to that question can be found in some book on geology.

Any citizen who so wishes, will be granted five minutes to address the council.
Every citizen who so wishes, will be granted five minutes to address the council.
If any citizen so wishes, the council will make that information available.
If every citizen so wishes, the council will make that information available.

Every finite set of prime numbers can be extended to a larger set of prime numbers. To prove this, begin by letting S be any finite set of prime numbers.....
(Obviously "every" would not fit where the highlighted "any" appears.)

Let ƒ be any continuous function.
Let ƒ be every continuous function.
Let ƒ be some continuous function.

He can block any resolution.
He can block every resolution.

You can use a trigonometric substitution for any cubic.
You can use a trigonometric substitution for every cubic.

I'll do anything for an "A" in this course.
I'll do everything for an "A" in this course.
I'll do something for an "A" in this course.

I will vote for any candidate who opposes the incumbent.
I will vote for every candidate who opposes the incumbent.
I will vote for some candidate who opposes the incumbent.

How to convince anybody of anything.
How to convince everybody of everything.
How to convince somebody of something.

This theorem holds in any geometry that you consider.

You can make any set of angles and lengths into a geodesic triangle by bending the surface appropriately.
You can make every set of angles and lengths into a geodesic triangle by bending the surface appropriately.

If the employer is a corporation and the applicant is anyone with a degree, then.....
If the employer is a corporation and the applicant is someone with a degree, then.....
If the employer is a corporation and the applicant is everyone with a degree, then.....

It's not clear that there is any reason for this.

The government wants the power to shut down any web site.
The government wants the power to shut down every web site.
The government wants the power to shut down some web site.

Such an affront would make an enemy of anyone.
Such an affront would make an enemy of everyone.
Such an affront would make an enemy of someone.

As far anyone knows, Euclid was the first to prove that there are infinitely many prime numbers.

If you find anyone who knows the answer to that question, let me know.
If you find everyone who knows the answer to that question, let me know.
If you find someone who knows the answer to that question, let me know.

I didn't write any reply to his letter.

A Wikipedian is any person who edits Wikipedia.
A Wikipedian is every person who edits Wikipedia.
Any person who edits Wikipedia is a Wikipedian.
Every person who edits Wikipedia is a Wikipedian.

Learn any language in two weeks!
Learn every language in two weeks!
Learn some language in two weeks!

Find pages that contain any of the following words.

The inverse-image of any open set under any continuous function is open.
The inverse-image of every open set under any continuous function is open.
The inverse-image of every open set under every continuous function is open.

Let y be any function of x.
Let y be every function of x.
Let y be some function of x.

If you violate any rule, you will be hanged.
If you violate every rule, you will be hanged.
If you violate some rule, you will be hanged.

This is worse than anything that could happen.
This is worse than everything that could happen.