'Any' and words such as 'anyone', 'anybody', 'anything', etc. are used in negative sentences and questions.
Subject + auxiliary verb + not + main verb + any (+ objects and extra information)
Examples:
| Informal, spoken language | Emphatic spoken and formal language |
| He doesn't have any time. | He does not have any time. |
| Mary isn't going to eat any dinner. | Mary is not going to eat any dinner. |
| Peter hasn't done anything for the past three days. | Peter has not done anything for the past three days. |
When posing a question with an 'any' word, you expect the answer to be negative.
Examples:
| Is there any tea left? | |
| Is there anybody out there? | Probably not. |
| Is there any pupil who could answer this question? |