I wrote a text recently about Henry VIII. The sentence goes as follows:
It seemed as if Henry VIII had an enormous urge to destroy anyone and anything that crossed his path.
Everyone and everything sounded so odd in this sentence or am I wrong?
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Perhaps this might sound better -
He had this strong desire to destroy anyone or anything in his way.
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Thank you Alan, that is indeed better. But I also wanted to ask if anything and anyone were used correctly, because I’ve always been taught that everything and everyone means every person in the word/ every thing in the world or every one you know/ everything you possess. Is that true?
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Each, every, anyone, anybody must be followed by singular pronoun of their person.
Henry can destroy everyone and everybody.
You have tried to say this glass is half empty instead of glass is half full.
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