【问】 充当定语的形容词new为什么要放在something的后面呢?
 【答】 everything，nothing，everyone，anybody(somebody)，anyone(someone)，anything (some-thing)，anywhere (somewhere)，nobody，no one的定语的形容词只能后置。这是一种强制性用法，没有选择余地。
 1. I haven’t anything new to tell you.
 我没有什么新鲜事要告诉你。
 2. Anyone intelligent can do it.
 任何聪明的人都可以做这件事。
 3. Had anything special happened?
 发生了什么特殊的事吗?
 4. I was looking for something cheaper. (LDCE)
 我想买个便宜点儿的。
 5. Is there something wrong here?
 这里有什么毛病吗?
 6. I’ll do everything possible to help you. (LDCE)
 我将 竭尽全力帮助你。
 7. Anybody volunteering will be cited for merit. (IME)
 每一位志愿者都将被记入光荣册。
 8. The searchers looked for the missing child everywhere possible.(IME)
 搜寻者在每一个可能的地方寻找丢失的儿童。
 9. Let’s go somewhere quiet. (PEU)
 咱们到个清静的地方去吧。
 10. We’re not going anywhere very exciting. (CGEL)
 我们不打算去太令人激动的地方。
 请做下面的试题：
 1. He says there is_______，but I must lie up for a few days.
 A. something serious B. anything serious
 C. not serious D.nothing serious(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题，84A)
 2. The settlers at Jamestown lived on wild berries and roots because they had______ toeat.
 A. nothing else B. anything else
 C. something other D. nothing other(TOEFL，76. 2)
 3. Can you break a five-pound note? I haven't_______.
 A. nothing small B. anything smaller
 C.something smaller D.something small(攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题，83B)
 4. She always buys________my birthday.
 A. anything nice to B. anything nice for
 C. something awful to D. something awful for (Nelson，200A)