Language/English/Vocabulary/Any-and-no

Any and no: adverbs

 

1. Any and no with comparatives

Any can modify comparatives. This happens mostly in questions and negative sentences, and after if. 

Examples:

Can you go any faster?

You don’t look any older than your daughter. (= You don’t look at all older . . .)

If l were any younger, I ’d fall in love with you. 

"No" can also be used in this way (but not some). 

Example:

I ’m afraid the weather's no better than yesterday.  

2. any/no different

We can also use any and no with different.  

Examples:

This school isn’t any different from the last one.

‘Is Jack any better?’ ‘No different. Still very ill.’

3. any/no good; any/no use

Note the expressions any good/use and no good/use. 

Examples:

Was the film any good?

This car is no use. It keeps stopping.