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Old 02-Jun-2008, 21:59
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The various newspapers reported the bride as being anywhere between 30 and 70 minutes late...

Could we change 'anywhere' to 'anything' without changing the meaning of the sentence? And is it still a good sentence?
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You can and it won't change the sense, but the normal collocation is "anywhere between".
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The various newspapers reported the bride as being anywhere between 30 and 70 minutes late...

Could we change 'anywhere' to 'anything' without changing the meaning of the sentence? And is it still a good sentence?
Thank you in advance.
I would only change it to "something between". Anything between sounds odd but as Anglika said it would work.
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Default Re: anywhere/anything between

To me, 'anything between' sounds wrong. I would say 'anywhere between'. Alternatively, you could say, 'anywhere from ___ to ____.'
Anywhere between ___ and ___.
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The various newspapers reported the bride as being somewhere between 30 and 70 minutes late...

The various newspapers reported the bride as being late by something like 30 to 70 minutes.
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