Some and any

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Some and any

miarish

Some and any

Hi dear teachers :)

I was wondering if you could help me with a little doubt I have...? I �m going to talk about "some" and "any" and the words linked with this, like somebody, someone, anyone, anybody...

I know that some is used in affirmative sentences and any in negative and questions, but suddenly I felt very insecure about the difference between somebody and someone and anyone and anybody. Is there a specific case when we should use one and another?

I �m sorry to be so boring but can you please tell me what are the worksheets that I should use with my students?

Thank you so much.

Kisses :)

14 Mar 2009

goodnesses

Hi, miarish

You´re absolutely right. Link coming soon.

Soooory

14 Mar 2009

source

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14 Mar 2009

goodnesses

miarish

Here is the link to that chart.

Dear, source

Don �t you think that this "you had better " is somehow uncalled for.
I would have said something like "Why don �t you.../ Don �t you think it would be better.../ or any expression of the sort".

Regards and respect anyway

14 Mar 2009

miarish

I appreciate your replies and forgive me for insisting, but what I really want is to know if there is a real difference between the two words: someone, somebody.

goodnesses
Algeria

Thanks for your fast answer, but, and maybe the problem is mine, but I can �t see any link :( Can you please send it again?

Thanks in advance!

15 Mar 2009

zoemorosini

Hello:

As an American with English as my first language, I feel that any word that ends in -body (somebody, anybody) appears more casual than the term ending in -one (someone, anyone). Just a feeling, though.

Sorry I can �t be more precise.

Yours,

zoemorosini

15 Mar 2009

alien boy

to quote from Swan:

548 somebody, someone, anybody, anyone etc

1 -body and -one
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.

Cheers,
AB

15 Mar 2009

miarish

Thank you all for your replies!

Now I �m going to fee much secure teaching this subject

Thanks once again!

16 Mar 2009