Talk:anything

I've heard it pronounced 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)