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Any one vs. Anyone
Any one
/ˈɛni wʌn/Examples:
Any one can learn to play the guitar with practice.Is there any one who knows how to solve this issue?If any one wants to join, let me know by tomorrow.
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Anyone
/ˈeniwʌn/Examples:
How can anyone think this is justice?There's nothing anyone can do about it now.Never judge anyone by another's opinions.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Any one is a phrase that refers to a specific person or thing within a group when paired with of.
- Anyone is a single word and refers to any person at all, without specifying a group.
- If you can mentally replace it with any one person and it makes sense, then anyone is likely correct.
- When you are emphasizing a specific choice among many, use any one.
- Try breaking the word apart: if the sentence still makes sense using any one, then use the two-word form.
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