katochan pe
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- 31 Mar 2007
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I found recently following sentences in a novel and I think according to
school grammar I'd learnd years ago that 'something' should be 'anything'
and thus the sentence can be incorrect.
"Bring your son by this afternoon. But please have a physician check him out first.
Just to make sure we're not missing something."
(Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine Books, 2000. Page.199)
I would be grateful, if you could answer my questions:
1. Is 'something' as well as 'anything' correct in this case?
2. If it's possible to use 'something',
what difference between 'something' and 'anything'
would be there on nuance or meaning?
3. If the speaker were mistaken by saying 'something', which effect you think
the author would have intended with this mistake?
school grammar I'd learnd years ago that 'something' should be 'anything'
and thus the sentence can be incorrect.
"Bring your son by this afternoon. But please have a physician check him out first.
Just to make sure we're not missing something."
(Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine Books, 2000. Page.199)
I would be grateful, if you could answer my questions:
1. Is 'something' as well as 'anything' correct in this case?
2. If it's possible to use 'something',
what difference between 'something' and 'anything'
would be there on nuance or meaning?
3. If the speaker were mistaken by saying 'something', which effect you think
the author would have intended with this mistake?