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reports, etc). Their main uses are: (1) to show that you are about to return to the main topic or
story line: ‘Anyway, as soon as the plane landed he was rushed off to hospital and that was the
last I saw of him.’ (2) to show that your next point is just as important or relevant as your last
one; ‘In any case, I’m too busy to play tennis this afternoon. Anyhow, it looks like it’s going to
rain.’ For reasons of style and logic, anyhow and anyway cannot be used in place of however, on
the other hand or nevertheless.
anyone
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ANYBODY/ANYONE
anyway
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ANYHOW/ANYWAY
anywhere
1
This is a serious problem for teachers anywhere.
This is a serious problem for teachers everywhere.
Computers will be anywhere we go.
Computers will be everywhere we go.
When you mean ‘in/to all places’, use everywhere (NOT anywhere).
2
When it snows, it is difficult to go to anywhere.
When it snows, it is difficult to go anywhere.
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at SOMEWHERE 2
apologize
1
The waiter was made to apologize my father.
The waiter was made to apologize to my father.
He apologized her for the long delay.
He apologized to her for the long delay.
apologize to sb: ‘The US has apologized to Britain for the accident that cost nine lives.’
2
She insisted on apologizing her husband’s behaviour.
She insisted on apologizing for her husband’s behaviour.
I apologize that I can’t come to the wedding.
I apologize for not being able to come to the wedding.
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