'Anywhere' vs 'somewhere'

[thehammer]

Could you please tell me which one is correct?

1- Since Finland joined NATO, Russia have deployed nuclear missiles, tanks and fighter jets and aerial bombs that weigh anywhere/somewhere between 300 and 600 kilograms.

 

[jutfrank]

Is this your sentence?

Use anywhere.

 

[thehammer]

Is this your sentence?

Use anywhere.

Yes It's mine. I have seen somewhere being used in the same way. When should I use somewhere?

 

[jutfrank]

When you're thinking of one specific weight rather than the whole range of weight.

I'm not sure how much I weigh but I know it's somewhere between eighty and ninety kilos.

There's only one weight that I am, so I don't use 'anywhere' in this sentence.

In your sentence, there isn't just one bomb. The lightest of those bombs weighs 300 kg and the heaviest weighs 600 kg. The weight of those bombs can be anywhere within that range. Whenever we use 'any', we can say that there's an 'openness' of possibility.

 

[thehammer]

When you're thinking of one specific weight rather than the whole range of weight.

I'm not sure how much I weigh but I know it's somewhere between eighty and ninety kilos.

There's only one weight that I am, so I don't use 'anywhere' in this sentence.

In your sentence, there isn't just one bomb. The lightest of those bombs weighs 300 kg and the heaviest weighs 600 kg. The weight of those bombs can be anywhere within that range. Whenever we use 'any', we can say that there's an 'openness' of possibility.

Thank you. What about the following sentence?

1- A year ago he bought a luxury car. Its price was somewhere/anywhere between two hundred thousand Dollars and two hundred twenty thousand Dollars.

As per your advice 'somewhere' is correct. But 'anywhere' doesn't sound wrong though.

 

[jutfrank]

As per your advice 'somewhere' is correct.

Yes, exactly. Good.

But 'anywhere' doesn't sound wrong though.

It should sound wrong because it doesn't make sense, for the reason I've explained. There was just one car, with one price.

 

[Tarheel]

Abe: Clive just bought himself a Mercedes XL.
Bob: What did he pay for it?
Abe: Somewhere between $200,000 and $220,000.