anyone
- anybody
‘anyone’ and ‘anybody’
You use anyone or anybody to talk about people in general, or about each person of a particular kind.
Anyone can miss a plane.
Anybody can go there.
If anyone asks where you are, I'll say you've just gone out.
If anybody calls, tell them I'll be back soon.
There is no difference in meaning between anyone and anybody, but anybody is more common in spoken English.
used in questions and negatives
Anyone and anybody are very commonly used in questions and negative sentences.
Was there anyone behind you?
There wasn't anybody in the room with her.
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‘any one’
Don't confuse anyone with any one. You use any one to emphasize that you are referring to only one of something.
There are about 350,000 properties for sale at any one time in Britain.