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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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Anyone or no one?

Hi,

The dictator has killed young, old, black, white, etc. Will he spare no one/anyone?

Which one would be right here - no one or anyone?

Thanks.

  

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anonymous no one or anyone? Usually, 'anyone'. It's the more neutral of the two.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous no one or anyone?
  • Usually, 'anyone'.
  • It's the more neutral of the two.
  • 'no one' is also correct, but it's literary, dramatic, and more obviously rhetorical.
  • CJ
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anonymousno one or anyone?

Usually, 'anyone'. It's the more neutral of the two.

'no one' is also correct, but it's literary, dramatic, and more obviously rhetorical.

CJ

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