Something/Anything | Somebody/someone, anybody/ anyone |
Use the pronouns something or anything to talk about a thing or an idea. |
Use the pronouns somebody, someone, anybody, anyone to talk about a person. (The words ending -body or -one are the same in meaning) |
Somewhere or anywhere | Everywhere, everybody or everyone, everything |
Use somewhere or anywhere to talk about a place. |
Use: Everywhere -all places everybody or everyone-all people everything-all things |
somebody/someone, something, somewhere |
anybody/anyone, anything, anywhere |
We usually use somebody/ someone, something, somewhere in statements. |
We often use anybody / anyone, anything, anywhere in negative sentences and questions. |
Nobody or no one, nothing, nowhere | |
Use the words nobody or no one, -no person, nothing-no thing or
not anything, nowhere-no place |
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Note: We can also use words beginning with any - in
statements to mean "all" when it doesn't matter who, what or where. Anyone can catch your eye. (= all people; it doesn't matter who they are) He can go anywhere he wants. (=He can go to all places, it doesn't matter where.) |
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Note: Use nothing, nowhere, nobody and no
one in statements and
questions. He knows nothing. Why is no one here? |
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Note: We don't have two negative words in one
sentence. I didn't hear anything. Or I heard nothing. NOT-I didn't hear nothing. |
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We usually use everything, everywhere, everybody and everyone in positive/ negative/interrogative sentences. Everybody says it's true. Is everything OK?Money isn't everything. Everyone, everybody, everything + singular verb Everybody was there. NOT- Everybody were there. |