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Grammar to Explain
any ?? ? ???(???) / ????, ??(???) After
work Mr. Jason was too tired to do anything at
home. I cannot stand any kind of defiance.
(Do you have) Any questions? Is there
anything good to hear in today's newspaper? any?
??? ???? ??? ? ??. Any kind of defiance is not
tolerable. (X) No kind of defiance is
tolerable. (O) not any no I don't have any
questions sugar. I have no questions
sugar. ???? any any????(?? ?? ??) Any
child knows that. (????? ??? ??.) Any of the
dresses become you.
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Maxims Introduced by Teacher
Any activity becomes creative when the doer
cares about doing it right, or better.
from John Updike's Picked-Up Pieces
Any port in a storm any straw to a drowning
man. Any assistance is welcome in an
emergency ????? ?? ??? good We do not bear any
grudge against Europe. But I want to point out
that Europeans were responsible for the type of
chaos we have here.
Pasteur Bizimungu, Rwandan President
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Maxims Translated by Student
If any of you is without sin, let him be the
first to throw stone at her. from John
(????) 8 7 Anyone who lives on milk, being
still an infant, is not acquainted with the
teaching about righteousness.
from Hebrews (????) 5 13 Any fool
may make money, but it takes a wise man to keep
it. Death and taxes and childbirth! There's
never any convenient time for any of them.
from Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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My Maxim Activity
????? ?? ??? ??? good. ?? ??? ??? ??? ???
???. Any port in a storm
any straw to a drowning man. lt??????gt
Any slice of bread to a very hungry man. Any
handkerchief to a crying girl.