Any as a Finian quantifier
Jacques Jayez, Lucia M. Tovena · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 1997
In this abstract, we are going to account for the following facts in the distribution of any : (a) any N is possible in generic sentences, (b) any N is odd in descriptive sentences, unless N is characterised by a non-accidental property, (c) any N is odd with must-obligations, (d) any N is possible with may-permissions and with imperatives, (e) any N can behave in many ways like a Negative Polarity Item (NPI) ...