Somebody v. Someone, Everybody v. Everyone, Anybody v. Anyone?

Question

What are the rules regarding these words? How can I remember how to use each one properly in a sentence?

Answer 1

Both -body and -one are equally correct. Their usage dates from the same time period.

Today, people consider -one to sound more formal, but there is no linguistic reason for this.

Answer 2

Mmmmmmmmmm may be something likeeeeeeeeeee

There where four friend Somebody , Everybody, Anybody and Nobody

this friend was assigned a work to be done
So somebody thought everybody can do it
Everybody thought anybody could do it,
And anybody thought somebody will do it
Ultimately no body did it.

Answer 3

Someone told me that somebody is asking everybody questions about everyone on yahoo answers. Anyone know anything about anybody you want to share with us?

Answer 4

id try and limit myself to the one's rather than the bodys.

i think ur more likely to get right with someone rather than somebody.