Can anyone help me? Or, should it be can anybody help me?
2006-08-15 18:34:09 · 9 answers · asked by Vodka 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I believe the more formal is "one" - the one you use when writing or talking formally. "body" on the other hand tends to be more for spoken communication and general informal use.
2006-08-15 18:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by U-man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm...good question!
ANYONE:The one-word form anyone is used to mean “any person.” The two-word form any one is used to mean “whatever one (person or thing) of a group.” Anyone may join means that admission is open to everybody. Any one may join means that admission is open to one person only. When followed by of, only any one can be used: Any one (not anyone) of the boys could carry it by himself. ·Anyone is often used in place of everyone in sentences like She is the most thrifty person of anyone I know. In an earlier survey 64 percent of the Usage Panel found this sentence unacceptable in writing. ·Anyone and anybody are singular terms and always take a singular verb.
ANYBODY: Any person; anyone
A person of consequence: Everybody who is anybody was at the reception.
2006-08-16 01:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by Cherries 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both mean the same thing. The reason they are worded differently is because there are two ways in which you can use the meaning of the word, depending on the type of sentence you use them in.
2006-08-16 01:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Webster says:
Main Entry: ev·ery·body
Pronunciation: 'ev-ri-"b&-dE, -"bä-
Function: pronoun
: EVERYONE
so everybody basically means everyone.
when i'm writing a formal essay/letter, i always use "everyone."
"everybody" sounds informal.
2006-08-16 01:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by Xenon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone means one person whereas everybody is more than one person.
2006-08-16 01:46:09 · answer #5 · answered by kudos Qi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
every one wants to call every body here,
every one wants to call every one else here,
every body wants to call every body
anyone aspires to meet some body who can do everybody's chores!
but anybody would be scared of doing the work because its too much!
has every one understood?
2006-08-16 01:52:16 · answer #6 · answered by logikal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone is to stress on all and is more important while while everybody is like "almost al the people"
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2006-08-16 01:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by I Know yu Want Me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spelling,pronouncation,
everybody is for human, everyone can be anything possible....
when for human, everybody is more used orally i think...
2006-08-16 01:49:36 · answer #8 · answered by Ping 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm...ICE CREAM
2006-08-20 01:23:16 · answer #9 · answered by Japan_is_home 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋