Negative clauses withany,anybody,anyone,anything,anywhere

We don’t usenotwithsome,someone,somebody,something,somewherein statements. We useany,anyone,anybody,anything,anywhere:

There aren’tanyseats left. You’ll have to stand.

Not:There aren’t some seats left.

Tell them Idon’twant to seeanyone.

Not:Tell them I don’t want to see someone.

After verbs with a negative meaning likedeclineorrefuse, we useanythingrather thansomething:

They refused to tell usanythingabout it.(preferred toThey refused to tell us something about it.)