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Any body vs. Anybody
Any body
/əˈniː bɒdi/Examples:
Does anybody here know the answer to the question?If anybody needs help, I'm available until 5 PM.Can anybody suggest a good movie to watch tonight?
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Anybody
/ˈeniˌbɒdi/Examples:
"It is anybodys fight," Martin heard some one saying.Certainly there isn't anybody that I would have trusted as much.I should hope that I never screw confidences out of anybody.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Any body is a combination of any and body and usually refers to any physical body or group of bodies. It often addresses physical forms rather than people in general.
- Anybody is a pronoun that means any person, referring to people in a non-specific sense, and it's more commonly used in spoken and written English.
- Any body might earn a more scientific or medical reference context, while anybody is casual and fits general conversations, often interchangeably with anyone.
- It can help to remember that anybody is just like anyone, and both refer to people, while any body could refer to physical objects or forms.
- If you could replace the term with anyone or somebody, then anybody is likely the correct choice.
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