everyone/everybody/anyone/anybody

" Anyone" means the same as " Anybody." It means any person.

"Everyone " means the same as " Everybody." It means every person.

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JoevieeHi all,

I was halfway writing my essay and got stucked with this simple word choice.

1. As I entered the studio, the yoga teacher was already in. I grabbed my yoga mats and placed them on the floor in ‘T’ shape just like (everyone/everybody/anyone/anybody) did. (which one is correct in this sentence?)

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When I entered the studio, the yoga teacher was already there. I grabbed my yoga mats and placed them on the floor in a T shape, just like everyone* else did.

*everybody is also fine.

[anyone or anybody is used with would: just like [anyone / anybody] (else) would (do).]

CJ

Thanks to all:)

I have another question here CJ,

Why 'as' is incorrect in this context?

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Why is "as" incorrect?

As I was in the process of doing something or while I was in the process of doing something is normally followed by an event (such-and-such happened) or by an activity (someone else was in the process of doing something else), not a state (so-and-so was there; the sky was blue) or a universal or generic truth (goldfish swim).

oooohhhhh..............understood:)

Thanks alot CJ. Your reply was very detailed. Really appreciate that:)

As isn't incorrect in this context. In fact British grammarians in particular have long preferred it to like in written English although even in Britain like is probably more common in spoken English. The following extract is from a book entitled A Practical English Grammar for Foreign Students written by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet and printed at the Oxford

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