Dear teachers,

I have some questions about grammar.

1:In my grammar workbook I found a question is to make a correct sentence:
(never/ any/ the children/ did/ of) turn in their homework.
The answer is " Never did any of the children turn in their homework."
I think I understood it, but I wonder if the sentence " Any of the children didn't turn in their homework." is OK. Or maybe we can't say "Any of the children never turn in their homework"?

2: "by no means" or "by any means" uses in a negative sentence.
Can we use "by some means" in a positive sentence like we change "any" into "some" in positive sentences like " I have some apples." and "I don't have any apples."?

Thank you !!