OR + indefinite pronouns (vague expressions) – English Grammar Profiler

A2 point 34 in the category of PRONOUNS:

‘something’ in vague expressions, to refer to things in a non-specific way.

B2 point 69 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as:

indefinite pronouns in vague expressions to refer to things in a non-specific way.

*The B2 examples given in the EGP are:

or_CC anything_PN1
or_CC somewhere_RL

*Notice that somewhere is tagged above as a locative adverb.

If we look in the iWeb corpus for

or _pn1 * *

1 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT . 19281 2 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT . 10403 3 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT , 6187 4 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT , 4749 5 OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES 3914

6 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ) 3200

OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT

  Telemedia Online … night stand, either, as there are more and more stories of people getting married who initially met through Tinder or something to that effect.

8 OR SOMETHING . I 2320 9 OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS 2291 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ? 1966 11 OR SOMETHING ELSE ? 1705

12 OR SOMETHING SIMILAR . 1686

13 OR ANYTHING , BUT I 1649 14 OR ANYTHING ELSE . 1647 15 OR SOMETHING ELSE . 1612 16 OR SOMETHING . ” 1559 17 OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS 1134 18 OR NOTHING AT ALL . 1118 19 OR SOMETHING . Q! Q! 1088 20 OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE 1056 21 OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT 1043 22 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND 1017 23 OR SOMETHING , BUT I 1004 24 OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT 1003 25 OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT 968 26 OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN . 951 27 OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT 939 28 OR NOTHING TO DO WITH 912 29 OR ANYONE ELSE . 865 30 OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN 851 31 OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN , 829 32 OR SOMETHING . I DO 819 33 OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW , 818 34 OR ANYTHING , BUT IT 805 35 OR SOMETHING ) . 743 36 OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER 706 37 OR SOMETHING . THE 703 38 OR SOMETHING . IT ‘S 688 39 OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE 672 40 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ? 670 41 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT … 649 42 OR ANYTHING . ” 623 43 OR SOMETHING ? I 595 44 OR SOMETHING . I ‘M 583 45 OR SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT 567 46 OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT 562 47 OR SOMETHING ? ” 555 48 OR ANYTHING . I 548 49 OR SOMETHING SIMILAR ) . 548 50 OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT 531 51 OR ANYTHING ELSE . I 526 52 OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU 522 53 OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY 519 54 OR ANYTHING . IT ‘S 505 55 OR ANYTHING , I JUST 500 56 OR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO 498 57 OR SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU 497 58 OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT 488 59 OR SOMEONE ELSE . 485 60 OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER 480 61 OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS 465 62 OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS 452 63 OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE 451 64 OR SOMETHING ELSE . I 447 65 OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN . 447 66 OR SOMETHING , BUT IT 445 67 OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH 441 68 OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY . 439 69 OR ANYTHING . I JUST 426 70 OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT 426 71 OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN , 414 72 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO 407 73 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT 400 74 OR SOMETHING . ” 397 75 OR SOMETHING LIKE IT . 388 76 OR ANYTHING ELSE . IT 387 77 OR SOMETHING . IT WAS 385 78 OR SOMETHING . I THINK 384 79 OR SOMETHING SIMILAR . I 381 80 OR ANYTHING ELSE . THE 376 81 OR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS 368 82 OR SOMETHING LIKE IT , 368 83 OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE 366 84 OR SOMETHING , AND I 363 85 OR ANYTHING , IT ‘S 358 86 OR SOMETHING . I HAVE 354 87 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT 348 88 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT 347 89 OR ANYTHING . I ‘M 344 90 OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY ? 343 91 OR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE 341 92 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ) 335 93 OR SOMETHING OF THE LIKE 335 94 OR SOMETHING CLOSE TO IT 334 95 OR SOMETHING , I DO 332 96 OR ANYTHING , BUT THE 331 97 OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN 328 98 OR SOMETHING TO DO WITH 325 99 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ( 324

100 OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS . 319

or _rl * *

1 OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE 1137

  Pacific Northwest Inlander But it’s a law that hasn’t been enforced in Spokane or anywhere else in the state in recent history.

2 OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN , 645 3 OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN . 629 4 OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THAT 582 5 OR ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN . 579 6 OR ANYWHERE ELSE . 561 7 OR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD 457 8 OR ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN , 378 9 OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER 358 10 OR ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE 294 11 OR ABOVE . Q! Q! 258 12 OR ABOVE . THE 222 13 OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN ? 214 14 OR ABOVE AND PAY ONLY 208 15 OR SOMEWHERE ELSE . 201 16 OR SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE 199 17 OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD 193 18 OR ABOVE ) . 190 19 OR SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE 174

20 OR ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO 157