When you want to refer to a person without saying exactly who you
mean, you can use:
SOMEONE / SOMEBODY. They
are used mainly in affirmative sentences:
There is someone at the door.
ANYONE / ANYBODY. They are used when the sentence is interrogative or
negative:
Is there anyone at the door? No,
there isn't anyone at the door.
NO ONE / NOBODY. They are
used in negative sentences but the verb must not be in the negative
form:
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There is nobody in
the park because it is very late. |
When you want to refer to an
object, action, activity, idea, etc. without saying exactly what you mean:
SOMETHING is used mainly in affirmative sentences:
He is hiding something in his hand.
ANYTHING is
used when the sentence is interrogative or negative:
They didn´t do anything interesting
on Saturday.
NOTHING
is used in negative sentences but the verb must not be in the negative form:
There is nothing in the fridge.
SOME / ANY can be used to refer to a plural noun or uncountable noun already mentioned.
SOME is
used mainly in affirmative sentences:
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There are some boats on
the water and some on the sand. |
ANY is used mainly in
interrogative and negative sentences:
My sister has a lot of money but I haven't
any.
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