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The phenomenon whereby free-choice items, which are normally ungrammatical in non-negative episodic sentences, become licensed in the presence of a modifier.
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Cualquiera occurs in precisely those cases where we have identified English any as FC [free choice]. They are acceptable in characterizing sentences, in modal contexts including partitives and with subtrigging in affirmative episodic contexts.