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Expression: "Have any of you met him before?"



 
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Expression: "Have any of you met him before?" Thu Apr 10, 2008 22:11 pm  Expression: "Have any of you met him before?"		  
Hi

Could you please tell me if both of the following sentences are correct?

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"Have any of you met him before?"

"Has any of you met him before?"

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Expression: "Have any of you met him before?" Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:40 am  Expression: "Have any of you met him before?"		  
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Are any of your apples for sale?
Have any of you met him before?
Do any of your friends smoke?

These are the native utterances.
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Expression: "Have any of you met him before?" Fri Apr 11, 2008 14:39 pm  Expression: "Have any of you met him before?"		  
Many thanks, MM

So would you say that the rest sound odd or wrong?

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Has any of you...

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Expression: "Have any of you met him before?" Fri Apr 11, 2008 14:48 pm  Expression: "Have any of you met him before?"		  
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I'll bet it's said often, but it still sounds wrong on paper--there are several people spoken to.
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Expression: "Have any of you met him before?" Fri Apr 11, 2008 17:25 pm  Expression: "Have any of you met him before?"		  
Consider what's happening here:

Have they, any of your friends, met him before?
Has they, any of your friends, met him before?
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Expression: "Have any of you met him before?" Fri Apr 11, 2008 17:37 pm  Expression: "Have any of you met him before?"		  
Have any of you met him before?
Has anyone of you met him before?
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Expression: "Have any of you met him before?" Fri Apr 11, 2008 17:40 pm  Expression: "Have any of you met him before?"		  
Torsten wrote:
Have any of you met him before?
Has anyone of you met him before?

You have an error there, Torsten.

Has any one of you met him before?

or:

Has anyone from your group of friendsmet him before?
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