Tell me difference between, I can't tell anything, I can't tell everything.
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Tell me difference between 1,2,3 bellow.
1 I can't tell anything.
2 I can't tell everything.
3 I can't tell all of it.
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1 I can't tell anything.
2 I can't tell everything.
3 I can't tell all of it.
I'd appreciate you, if you'd told me. Thanks
Tell me difference between 1,2,3 below.
I'd appreciate you, if you told me.
I can't tell everything. = (You cannot tell every single detail, but you can tell some things.)
"I can't tell all" is the same as "I can't tell everything".
Those kinds of things are sometimes difficult for me,
Because Japanese language changes meanings with grammars more than words.
On the other hand, English changes it with words like anything, everything.
I have to understand words deeply.
Number 1: 'I can't tell anything,' you do not know anything or you cannot tell anything about it, you are not allowed to tell anything about it.
Number 2: 'I can't tell everything,' this sentence is very rarely used. It sounds unatural. You know some of it, but are not allowed to tell all of it. You are unsure on some of it, but know most of it.
Number 3: 'I can't tell all of it,' you don't know all of it or you are not allowed to tell all of it, all of it being everything. So, if it was a secret, you could tell some of it, but not all of it.
I learned differences of how to use it from your explanation.
Your opinions are really useful.
Because I can learn how native speakers feel with those sentences from your opinions.