That's a tricky one, and I don't really know how to explain it. For me, it's
mostly a seat-of-the-pants thing deciding which is correct. Examples:
"Would any one of you turn out the lights, please?" Meaning only one person is
required for the task.
"Would anyone like coffee?" Meaning the whole herd may, or any number fewer.
And since you brought up "somebody," it would be, "That's some body on that
gal," but, "Somebody stole my umbrella." (If you said, "That's somebody on that
gal," then you might be watching something you shouldn't be.)
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Johan Malmstrom <jmalmstrom@xxxxxxx>
>
> I love it. English can be fun, pragmatically anyway.
>
> Now that I think that later vs. latter is clarified, my next topic
> would be joined words.
>
> Any one? Or anyone? Somebody help.... :)
>
> I have been told that this is not a problem in English compared to
> Swedish but problem or not I want to be correct.
>
> / Johan
>
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