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Chivalry Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

"anyone" v.s "any one"

I wanna know the different usages between these two word and phrase,

to the best of my knowledge, the former's used to describe a PERSON in particular,

and the latter can be indicating some object/matter, such as "What does a built-in skylight means ? I mean is there even any one that is not?"(Randomly made-up, don't flame me if it doesn't make sense LOL)

All comments are welcomed.
  

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A simple basic rule applies: any one is two words when it is followed by of: I don't like any one of these books . I didn't see any one of his friends there. As you can see, any one of can be used to refer to inanimate things too.

— Cool Breeze

  • A simple basic rule applies: any one is two words when it is followed by of: I don't like any one of these books .
  • I didn't see any one of his friends there.
  • As you can see, any one of can be used to refer to inanimate things too.
  • Without of , anyone is one word and can only refer to people: Anyone can do that!
  • I didn't see anyone there.
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A simple basic rule applies: any one is two words when it is followed by of:

I don't like any one of these books.

I didn't see any one of his friends there.

As you can see, any one of can be used to refer to inanimate things too.

Without of
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Cool BreezeA simple basic rule applies: any one is two words when it is followed by of: I don't like any one of these books.I didn't see any one of his friends there. As you can see, any one of can be used to refer to inanimate things too. Without of, anyone is one word and can only refer to people: Anyone can do that!I didn't see anyone there.Do you know anyone who speak
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