[General] Which one is right between 'go any place' and 'go to any place'?

[Danny Jung]

Hi,

While I read a book, I found 'go any place' in one sentence.

I think place is a noun so does 'go' need 'to' after it?

Can you tell me which one is right?

Thanks.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'go any place'

I think it would be correct if the space between 'any' and 'place' is omitted, because 'anyplace' is an adverb, but I am not a teacher.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please quote the complete sentence, Danny.

 

[Danny Jung]

The full sentence is "It could go any place that was in a book" from Midnight on the moon, one of magic tree house books.

 

[Rover_KE]

I agree with you both, Danny and Matthew. I'd call these right:

'It could go to any place that was in a book.'
'It could go anyplace that was in a book.'

As Matthew said, 'anyplace' is an adverb meaning 'anywhere', or 'to any place'.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'It could go anyplace that was in a book.'

Can 'anyplace' as an adverb be the antecedent of 'that'?

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

Note that 'anyplace' means 'anywhere' and is informal AmE. It isn't widely used in BrE.