In most contexts, they are interchangeable. The only difference that most native speakers can agree upon is that
someone is more formal than somebody
(just as anyone is more formal than anybody, and everyone is more formal than everybody).
How do you use somebody everybody and nobody?
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How do you use somebody and anyone?
2 Answers. We use
someone in positive sentences
(I saw her with someone) and anyone in questions and negative sentences (Have anyone seen him? I didn ́t tell anyone) They can be both used with uncountable nouns (some money) or plural nouns (some people).
Do I know anyone or someone?
They’re
both grammatically correct
, but you’re more likely to hear, “has anyone seen my bag?” since a person would be more likely to ask it as a general question to a group of people. You mine use “someone” if, say, you were asking for specifics or amplifying information.
Could anyone or can anyone?
“can anyone” is correct
. Because ‘any’ is used in interrogative and negative sentences. And ‘some’ is used in positive sentences.
Where do we use nobody and no one?
No one, nobody, nothing and nowhere are indefinite pronouns. We use no one, nobody, nothing and nowhere to refer to an
absence of people, things or places
. We use them with a singular verb: Nobody ever goes to see her.
Has or have everybody?
The correct form is
“everyone has
.” There are very few cases where “everyone” would ever be followed by “have,” but, for the most part, you will always use the singular “has.”
Is everybody third person?
It is plural because it refers to a group of people, because
everybody is not one person
but “a group of people”. Grammatically it is treated as a singular pronoun because we say. Everybody is okay. Everybody likes to have fun.
Does anyone have or had?
It shouldn’t be, DenaEden, because it’s
always “anyone have
.” Anyone is singular, so just as you’d say “does he have” or “does John have,” you’d also say “does anyone have.”
Does anyone know correct?
Anyone is undoubtedly singular and
“Anyone knows” is
the correct answer.
When I could or when I can?
‘Could’ is also used
when a condition must be fulfilled in order for the thing to happen
. ‘Can’ is used when there is nothing that would stop the thing from happening. When asking someone to do something, either word can be used, but ‘could’ is considered to be more polite.
What does if only I could mean?
Only if I could is
an explanation to myself
, a reason for why did not I do something I wanted to. The answer lies in the phrase itself. Two words in the phrase speak about the probability of doing it. A chance that we might not want to take.
Could you VS would you?
‘Could You’ is considered to be
an informal way of asking something
, contrary, ‘Would You’ is a formal way of requesting someone to do something.
Can and could sentences examples?
- They could come by car. (= Maybe they will come by car.) …
- It can be very cold here in winter. (= It is sometimes very cold here in winter.) …
- That can’t be true. …
- It’s ten o’clock. …
- It could be very cold there in winter. …
- They know the way here. …
- She can speak several languages. …
- I can see you.
How do you say no one?
The correct way to spell no one is as two words, without the hyphen: No one warned us about the incoming storm. We went to the schoolyard, but there was no one there. If you add a hyphen to no one, you get a much less common variant spelling of the word:
no-one
.
Do they or don’t they?
The rule is:
do – don’t they; don’t – do they
. So, you just always use the opposite form.
