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Originally Posted by magdalena  I've found a very interesting question in your language polls section" What nobody bought was any beer". As I understand it, the problem word here is any. If we treat this sentence as positive (which it, gramatically, is) any is incorrect here. So, is there a special term for this kind of a sentence? (the form of positive sentence but with negative meaning - nobody, no-one, nowhere etc)? |
Most native speakers that I know will say 'What nobody bought was beer.'
After all, "any" would serve no useful purpose in that sentence.
A similar sentence is 'The thing that nobody bought was beer.'