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The phrase "an anything" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly, as "anything" is an indefinite pronoun and does not require an article.
Example: "I don't want an anything that is not useful."
Alternatives: "a thing" or "any item".
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"This record is very much an anything is possible kind of record.
They claim to be free market advocates, when it's really an anything goes mentality.
New York would like to be an anything town right now.
By scattering honors far and wide the guilds contributed to an "anything goes" spirit that has taken over the season.
The federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled against Mr. Lozman, under what Justice Breyer called an "anything that floats" approach.
But in New York, a handful of start-ups have gone one better, offering an "anything delivered, anywhere" service.
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"It's sort of an anything-goes situation in the 1970s.
Beneath the bleak, utilitarian architecture is an anything-goes spirit.
It was like an anything-goes version of that medical handbook of psychiatric disorders.
It was an anything-goes scene; projects involved cooking, painting floors and playing museum guard.
Ms. Anastasia sees it as the perfect ending to an anything-but-perfect year.
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