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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 always followed by of, and it refers to any single person or thing in a particular group.
- Anyone is an indefinite pronoun that refers to any person but not specifically identified.
- Remember that any one is more specific, selecting a single item among others, while anyone refers to people generally.
- You can think of any one as two words meaning any single one, emphasizing one entity.
- Anyone is used like everybody or somebody, without specifying who.
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