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not + anybody/ anyone/ anything<br />

8 nobody/ no-one/ nothing<br />

not + anybody/ anyone<br />

nobody/ no-one<br />

(for p eo p le)<br />

not + anything<br />

nothing<br />

(fo r t h in g s)<br />

O There isn’t J<br />

anybody<br />

I anyone<br />

!• in the room.<br />

O There isn't anything in the bag.<br />

O T h e r e i s jn o b o d y l i n t h e<br />

[ no-one J<br />

O a: W ho is in the room?<br />

b: N obody / N o-one.<br />

room .<br />

O There is nothing in the bag.<br />

O a: W hat's in the bag?<br />

b: N othing.<br />

-body and -one are the same:<br />

anybody = anyone<br />

nobody = no-one<br />

not + anybody/ anyone<br />

O I d o n 't know anybody (o r anyone)<br />

here.<br />

not + anything<br />

O I can't rem em ber anything.<br />

nobody = not + anybody<br />

no-one = not + anyone<br />

O I'm lonely. I have nobody to talk to.<br />

nothing = not + anything<br />

O She said nothing<br />

(= I don't have anybody) (= She didn't say anything.)<br />

O The house is em pty. There is no-one in O There's nothing to eat.<br />

it. (= There isn't anyone in it.)<br />

(= There isn't anything to eat.)<br />

You can use nobody/ no-one/ nothing at the beginning o f a sentence or alone (to answer a questio n):<br />

o The house is em pty. N obody lives<br />

O N othing happened.<br />

there.<br />

o 'W ho did you speak to?' 'No-one.' o ‘W h at did you say?' 'N othing'<br />

Rem em ber:<br />

n egative verb + anybody/ anyone/ anything<br />

p o sitive verb + nobody/ no-one/ nothing<br />

O<br />

He d o esn't kno w anything. (n o t He doesn't know nothing)<br />

D o n 't tell anybody, (n o t Don't tell no b ody)<br />

There is nothing to do in this town, (n o t There isn't nothing )<br />

166<br />

( some and any 4 Unit 76 any and no 4 Unit 77 somebody/ anything/ nowhere etc. 4 Unit 79 )

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