1) He didn't like all of the guests.
2) He didn't like all the guests.
3) He couldn't stand all the guests.
4) He couldn't stand all of the guests.
Could these sentences ever be used instead of:
1a) He didn't like any of the guests.
2a) He didn't like any of the guests.
3a) He couldn't stand any of the guests.
4a) He couldn't stand any of the guests.
respectively?
I think that could only happen in informal spoken English with a particular emphasis.
Generally, the meaning would be 'some but not all'.
I think '3' and '4' might have another meaning.
He couldn't stand all of them together.
Individually he could stand any of them, it was the fact that there were all there that was unbearable for him.
Gratefully,
Navi