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- meaning - What is the difference between anyone and everyone in . . .
What is the difference between "anyone" and "everyone" in the following context? For example, Anyone is welcome to do such and such and Everyone is welcome to do such and such mean exactly the
- Is it correct to use their instead of his or her?
Is this sentence grammatically correct? Anyone who loves the English language should have a copy of this book in their bookcase or should it be: Anyone who loves the English language should hav
- 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
- word choice - Is there a subtle difference between somebody and . . .
Are there any subtle differences between "somebody" and "someone", or can they be used completely interchangeably? Similarly, can you imagine a situation in which you would prefer "anybody" to "any
- Usage of Can anyone of - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The phrase "Can anyone of you" is often found on the Internet If I paste another word instead of "you" into this phrase in the search box, I get results close to 0% Can anyone of the native spe
- grammar - Is there versus Are there - English Language Usage . . .
The indefinite pronouns anyone, everyone, someone, no one, nobody are always singular and, therefore, require singular verbs Everyone has done his or her homework Somebody has left her purse Some indefinite pronouns — such as all, some — are singular or plural depending on what they're referring to (Is the thing referred to countable or not?) Be careful choosing a verb to accompany
- grammaticality - Anyone of v s Anybody from - English Language . . .
The problem is confusing the pronoun anyone (stressed on the first syllable) with the phrase any one (stressed on one), meaning 'choose one' That's the sense that's grammatical in the first sentence, but it's not the same meaning as anybody, which is negative polarity like anyone (but not any one) That's the problem with written English -- it doesn't represent the sounds and the intonation
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