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Help the tired, unlucky detective complete his very disappointing case report.
I interviewed ten people today. _________________________ of them were polite, but two refused to speak to me.
I searched the entire house, but I didn't find _________________________ clues. Furthermore, there was absolutely _________________________ evidence linking the group to the crime.
In the end, because I had exactly zero proof, I had to let _________________________ the suspects go home.

Most

Because 8 out of 10 people were polite (a majority, but not 100%), we use most. If we used "all," it would contradict the two who refused!

any

We use any in negative sentences (after "didn't find"). Using "no" here would create an incorrect double negative.

no

The verb "was" is affirmative, so we use no to give the sentence a negative meaning (zero evidence).

all

Since there was zero proof against anyone, 100% of the group was released. We use all to mean the entire quantity.

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