Any: Special Uses

1. 'Any' can mean 'it doesn't matter which'. 

Come and see me any time. 

Take any card. 

Think of a number - any number you like. 

2. 'Any...but' means 'any...except'. 

I'll go to any restaurant but that one. 

3. In relative sentences, 'any' is usually followed by 'that', not 'which' or 'who'. 

Borrow any book that interests you. 

4. In questions and negative sentences (and with 'if'), 'any' can be used as an adverb with comparatives, and with 'different'. 

Is she any better? 

I can't go any further. 

If I were any younger, I'd fall in love with you. 

I don't think you look any different from how you did last year. 

'No' can also be used like this, but not 'some'. 

Note also the expressions 'any/no good', and 'any/no use'. 

'Was the film any good?' - 'No good at all.'

'Is it any use talking to him?' - 'It's no use at all.' 

All: Introduction

Typical mistakes: 

All of children can be naughty sometimes. 

All you are wrong. We all are tired. 

'All' can be used in several different ways. 

1. It often goes together with a noun or pronoun: different positions are possible. 

a. All (sometimes followed by 'of') can go before a noun or pronoun. 

All (of) my friends like riding. 

All children can be naughty sometimes. 

I hate all of you. 

b.  All can go after a noun or pronoun. 

We all like your cooking. 

The teachers all went on strike. 

Love to you all. 

2. 'All' also can be used as the subject, object or complement of a sentence. 

All I want is a room somewhere. 

I've told you all I know.