anybody
pronoun
anyone
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pronoun
used when it is not important which person you are referring to, because what you are saying applies to everyone, or everyone of a particular type
pronoun
used instead of ‘something’ when saying or asking whether there is one thing or even a small amount of something
pronoun
used for saying that each person or thing is related in the same way to the other or others
pronoun
used for referring to a thing, situation, place, animal etc when it has already been mentioned or when it is obvious which one you are referring to
pronoun
used for referring to a baby or very young child when it has already been mentioned, or when it is obvious which one you are referring to
pronoun
used instead of the subject of a sentence, when the real subject is a phrase or clause at the end of the sentence
pronoun
used after a verb in place of the object, when the real object is a phrase or clause at the end of the sentence
pronoun
used with the verb ‘to be’ for emphasizing that you are referring to a particular person, thing, time, or place
pronoun
used for telling someone who you are, or asking who someone else is, especially on the telephone
pronoun
used for referring to the activity of having sex, especially when you do not want to say this directly
pronoun
used for saying that each of two or more people does the same thing to the other person or the other people, or has the same relationship with them
pronoun
used for referring to a thing, idea, fact etc when you do not know or say exactly what it is
pronoun
a way of writing ‘something’ that shows how it sounds in informal speech in some areas of the UK
pronoun
a way of writing the pronoun ‘one’, that shows how some people pronounce it in informal English
pronoun
used when someone knows or says which person is involved in something or what their name is
pronoun
used for adding information that shows which person or type of person you are talking about. It is more usual to use ‘that’ to introduce this type of relative clause
pronoun
used for adding more information about a person when it is already clear which person you are talking about
pronoun
used for saying that it does not matter who is involved in something because the result or the situation will be the same
pronoun
used for introducing information that shows which person you are talking about, or for adding more information about a specific person
pronoun
used for asking or stating which person is affected by an action or is involved in something
adverb
or anyone else
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