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Connotations between "Everyone" and "Everybody"

Hi, All:
Does anyone feel there to be any difference of any sort between "everyone" and "everybody"?
Except for purposes of rhyme or rhythm, could one ever be preferred over another?
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[nq:1]Does anyone feel there to be any difference of any sort between "everyone" and "everybody"? [/nq] "Everybody" feels more informal to me than "everyone". That's the only difference I can think of.

  • [nq:1]Does anyone feel there to be any difference of any sort between "everyone" and "everybody"?
  • [/nq] "Everybody" feels more informal to me than "everyone".
  • That's the only difference I can think of.
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[nq:1]Does anyone feel there to be any difference of any sort between "everyone" and "everybody"? Except for purposes of rhyme or rhythm, could one ever be preferred over another?[/nq]
"Everybody" feels more informal to me than "everyone". That's the only difference I can think of.
Bill
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[nq:2]Does anyone feel there to be any difference of any ... rhyme or rhythm, could one ever be preferred over another?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Everybody" feels more informal to me than "everyone". That's the only difference I can think of. Bill[/nq]
They are not entirely interchangeable. A speaker can say "Everyone of you can make a difference."
"Everybody can make a difference." may have less em
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[nq:2]"Everybody" feels more informal to me than "everyone". That's the only difference I can think of. Bill[/nq]
[nq:1]They are not entirely interchangeable. A speaker can say "Everyone of you can make a difference."[/nq]
In my dialect, that would be "Every one of you can make a difference".
[nq:1]"Everybody can make a difference." may have less emphasis.[/nq]
"Everyone can make a
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Sure, but you cannot say "Everybody of you..." The two pronouns are not exact synonyms in that sense.
Joanne
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[nq:2]In my dialect, that would be "Every one of you can make a difference". "Everyone can make a difference" is the same, no?[/nq]
[nq:1]Sure, but you cannot say "Everybody of you..." The two pronouns are not exact synonyms in that sense.[/nq]
But you also can't say "everyone of you." The phrase is "every one of you," with a clear separation between "every" and "one" that is observed in s
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[nq:1] As far as I'm concerned, "everyone" and "everybody" are as close to exact synonyms as two English words can get, and I see no useful differentiation between them[/nq]
Likewise "no one" and "nobody", "anyone" and "anybody", "someone" and "somebody".
Not so convenient for EFL teachers, though: how do you abbreviate "someone"?

athel

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