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not + anybody/anyone/anything<br />
nobody/no-one/noth i ng<br />
not + anybody/ anyone<br />
nobody / no-one<br />
(for people)<br />
o There isn't {anybody} in the room.<br />
anyone<br />
o T· l 1ere . as { nobody } m . t h e room.<br />
no-one<br />
0 A: Who is in the room?<br />
13: Nobody. I No-one.<br />
- body and -one are the same:<br />
an\ body = anyone nobody = no-one<br />
not + anybody/ anyone<br />
0 I don't know anybody (or anyone)<br />
here.<br />
nobody = not + anybody<br />
no-one = not + anyone<br />
0 ['m lonely. r've got nobody to talk to.<br />
(= I haven't got anybody)<br />
o The house is empty. There is no-one<br />
in it. (= There isn't anyone in it.)<br />
not + anything<br />
nothing<br />
(for tlti11gs)<br />
0 There isn't anything in the bag.<br />
D There is nothing in the bag.<br />
0 A: What's in the bag?<br />
B: Nothing.<br />
not + anything<br />
0 I can't remember anything.<br />
nothing = not + anything<br />
0 She said nothing.<br />
(= She didn't $ay anything.)<br />
0 T here's nothing to eat.<br />
(= T here isn't anything to eat.)<br />
You can usc nobody/ no-one/ nothing at the beginning of a sentence or alone (to answer a<br />
question):<br />
0 The house is empty. Nobody lives<br />
there. (not Anybody lives there)<br />
0 'Who did you speak to?' 'No-one.'<br />
Remember: 1egative tlfdJ +anybody/ anyone/ anything<br />
positi11e 11erb + nobody/no-one/ nothing<br />
0 He doesn't know anything. (not He doesn't know nothing)<br />
0 D on't tell anybody. (not Don't tell nobody)<br />
0 There is nothing to do in this town. (notThere isn't nothing)<br />
0 Nothing happened.<br />
(not Anything happened)<br />
D 'What did you say?' 'Nothing.'<br />
some and any -4 Unit 76 any and no -4 Unit 77 somebody/anything/nowhere etc. -4 Unit 79
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