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Nevermore1999 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Anyone or someone

You should not be afraid to say "no" to these things.And you should refuse to do something you really don't want to do. If_____does start to put pressure on you,don't argue,don't complain and don't explain:just say "no" and show him your atitude.

Which shoud I use here? "anyone" or "someone"? Would you please give me some explaination?
  

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Based on the context, it is "someone".

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  • Based on the context, it is "someone".
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Based on the context, it is "someone".
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but why,please give me some specific explaination.
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nevermore1999If_____does start to put pressure on you
I don't know how to explain it.
If anyone... just sounds hypothetical. It's neutral, it just mention what might happen.
If someone... sounds more definite, like someone is actually likely to do it. It's not neutral anymore.

For that reason, I would choose "someone" in your sen
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It's rather confusing and I don't know how to really explain it clearly what decide when to use "someone" and "anyone".
But I'll give you some examples:

You walked away from your desk for a coffee break,You came back 10 minutes later and found your computer screen on Google. You asked the person who shares the cubicle with you "Has an anyone/ someone used my computer?" Both are fine
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