Anywhere between vs. between

[peteryoung]

Thanks:)

Anywhere between 1 and 2 million refugees died.

Would omiting the adverb 'Anywhere' resulted in a slight change in meaning?
Any reply will be appreciated.

[Red5]

Not as far as I can see. Either way, it quite a large margin of error!

[peteryoung]

The word should have been 'Vietnamese' but I replaced it with 'refugees'.

Thanks you very much!

[Tdol]

'Anywhere' just implies that we really don't have much idea where the number lies. You wouldn't say 'anywhere between five and eight people were there' because the margin is too small.

[peteryoung]

Thanks for you help!