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Bookmark or Share- Should the noun after "any" be singular or plural? [duplicate]This can be understood by anyone / everyone. It can be said in any / every language. For this reason, the following does not work:? It can be found in any / every books. In the interrogative sentences any does not mean every. In fact it does not really have a meaning at all and could be omitted: Do you have books? Is there a rule?
- word choice - Is there a subtle difference between "somebody" and ..."There is no significant difference between somebody and someone, anybody and anyone, everybody and everyone or nobody and no one. The -one forms are more common in writing; the -body forms are more frequent in speech in British English" [emphasis mine - Alex B.] (p. 548).
- meaning - Difference between "anyone" and "everyone"? - English ..."Anyone" basically refers to any of the people in the classroom. Unless this is what the teacher wants (which is highly unlikely) usage of "anyone" is wrong in the 2nd sentence. ..... On the other hand, "everyone" refers to all of the people in the classroom and that seems to be more likely what teacher wants to refer to. –
- Anyone: ("they" or "he/she") why is it sometimes plural?Anyone can learn to dance if he or she wants to. Resources online tell me that anyone is a singular indefinite pronoun. Then why is it sometimes acceptable to use the plural 'they' with 'anyone' in some cases? Does it substitute and replace 'he/she'? note: this previous posts also says anyone is [singular]: "Anyone has" or "anyone have" seen them?
- syntactic analysis - How to know when to use "someone" or "anyone ...Use "anyone" when all elements of a group are involved, but you don't necessarily mean all of them. So "anyone can do it" would mean that everybody in that group could do it, even though it doesn't take them all to do it.
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