User:DCDuring/Negative polarity items

per CGEL

any and derivatives

• any (some defs.)
• anybody (some defs.)
• any longer
• any more/anymore
• anyone (some defs.)
• anything (some defs.)
• anywhere (some defs.)

certain grammatical items

• at all
• either (some defs.)
• ever (some defs.)
• long (some defs.)
• much
• till/until (punctual only)
• too ("very")
• whatever/whatsoever (some defs.) (some defs.)
• yet

modal auxiliaries

• dare
• need

lexical verbs

• bother (with infinitive)
• budge
• faze

MWEs

• can abide/can bear/can stand
• can be bothered
• could care less
• cost a bean etc.
• do a thing (about) etc.
• drink a drop/touch a drop
• eat a bite/eat a thing
• give a damn/give a fig/give a fuck/give a shit
• have a clue
• have a penny/have a penny to one's name
• have a red cent
• hear a word/say a word/hear a sound
• hold a candle to
• in ages
• in donkey's years/in a dog's age
• lift a finger
• mind a bit
• move a muscle
• see a thing
• see a soul/see a living soul
• so much as (with verb)
• take a bit of notice
• would hurt a fly