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- pronouns - Something for anyone vs Something for everyone - English . . .
6 "Something for everyone" is an idiom or fixed phrase meaning something that appeals to all tastes Idioms can bypass strict definitions of words or grammar rules; the meaning comes from the entire expression and it can't be broken into logical parts
- prepositions - provide something for or to sb - English Language . . .
With transitive provide sth to for sb, I think answer 2 is closer - to is more about giving or handing off something to someone, while for is more about something being made available to someone
- usage of a something in the sentence - English Language Learners . . .
In your sentence the author is referring to #3: a something is some particular member of the set ‘something’ This is an unusual usage, because ordinary language is not designed for talking about itself; but under the circumstances it is entirely proper
- subject verb agreement - Is something plural or singular? - English . . .
Something is a pronoun, which is analogous to "a thing", that is an indefinite pronoun "A an" is the Old English for "one" and one implies singularity Thus, I found a thing that wasn't working I found something that wasn't working are the same in meaning, but 'something' is the commonly used version To pluralise your sentence, I would say: "Some things that are not working " "Some things
- Is it Guide to. . . or Guide on. . . or something else?
Have you tried looking at similar publications? Is this within a corporate or academic environment? "Guide to" is certainly most common but there may be local stylistic quirks
- word usage - owing to something vs. owed to something - English . . .
I'm aware that 'owe' means to attribute success to something, as in the following sentence I owe my success to my education following the pattern 'One owes success to a factor', indicating the person's education played a crucial role in their success the passive voice form could be My success is owed to my education
- word choice - Do you say you feel pride for something or you feel . . .
You dont feel pride "for" something unless that thing is capable of feeling pride itself and you are emulating that feeling due to empathy If you do something for "person", you are serving the persons benefit If you do something for "object" you are attempting to obtain the object
- idiomatic language - Am I missing something vs anything - English . . .
Am I missing something? This is more widely used, colloquial, idiomatic and grammatical as well For example: "Wait a second, am I missing something here?" "Am I missing something if I don't travel abroad?" Am I missing anything? This is equally idiomatic and grammatical However its usage is (quite) low as compared to am I missing something
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