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Chrismlangan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

someone/anyone

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That's too big a question for this type of forum! There are many uses for each of those words. Let me just touch on a few aspects of the answer.

  • That's too big a question for this type of forum!
  • There are many uses for each of those words.
  • Let me just touch on a few aspects of the answer.
  • 1.
  • As an object of a verb, someone is generally used in assertive sentences, anyone in all others (negations, questions).
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That's too big a question for this type of forum!
There are many uses for each of those words.

Let me just touch on a few aspects of the answer.

1. As an object of a verb, someone is generally used in assertive sentences, anyone in all others (negations, questions). The meanings are equivalent: a person.

I know someone who can help

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