just anything

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azz

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Can one say
a. He is so gullible. He believes anything.
b. He is so gullible. He believes just anything.

c. He is so gullible. He will believe anything.
d. He is so gullible. He will believe just anything.

e. He is so gullible. He believes anything we tell him.
f. He is so gullible. He believes just anything we tell him.

?

My feeling is that c-f are OK. (a) and (b) sound a bit strange to me, especially (b), but I don't think they are ungrammatical.

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a. to f. sound okay to me. I don't like f. much but can't think of a reason why.
 

andrewg927

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a to f should be fine.

I am not a teacher.
 
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