possible options: everthing-anything

[ripley]

Hi, everybody,
are the following sentences possible? In which context can they come out?

I must remember to take anything I need when I go on Holiday
I must remember something I need when I go on holiday

Thank you, Ripley

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by ripley

Hi, everybody,
are the following sentences possible? In which context can they come out?

I must remember to take anything I need when I go on Holiday
I must remember something I need when I go on holiday

Thank you, Ripley

The first one seems possible but unlikely. The second one is unlikely. Most likely is: "I must remember to take everything I need when I go on holiday." You could say, also: "I must remember to take anything I might need when I go on holiday."

[ripley]

Thank you again RonBee,
if a pupil of yours wrote the sentence with anything, would you consider it a mistake (possible but unlikely)? And what about the other sentence? (you said it was unlikely). How would you assess both sentences?
Thanks Rip.
Can you please have a look at the thread of mine noone has replied to?
I would appreciate it a lot. Bye.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by ripley

Hi, everybody,
are the following sentences possible? In which context can they come out?

I must remember to take anything I need when I go on Holiday
I must remember something I need when I go on holiday

Thank you, Ripley

I agree with RonBee.

In addition, 'anything' means, any (one) thing, whereas 'everything' means, all things, so everything is the better choice of the two for sentence (1):

(1) I must remember to bring everything I need when I go on holiday.

As for sentence (2), the verb is missing:

(2) I must remember to bring something I need when I go on holiday.

But even with 'to bring', the sentence still sounds odd. The reason being, 'something' is non-specific, whereas 'I need' expresses a specific need, so 'something' doesn't work because it's not compatible with 'need'. Let's try a noun that's more specific like, 'the things':

(3) I must remember to brings the things I need when I go on holiday.