Some/Any/No/Every Compounds

somebody/someone

anybody/anyone

nobody/no one

everybody/everyone

something

anything

everything

nothing

somewhere

anywhere

everywhere

nowhere

in affirmative sentences eg I met someone who knows you yesterday.

polite questions (invitations, requests etc) eg Can please somebody help me?

in questions we know the answer is yes eg Is something worrying you? You look upset.

at the beginning of the clause eg Somebody left this box for you,

in negative sentences eg I don't have anything with me.

in questions when we aren't sure of the answer eg Is there anything good on TV today?

when we mean "it doesn't matter who, which, where, what" eg I'll go anywhere with you.

in sentences with negative words such as hardly, never, seldom, without eg I have hardly met anyone in this city yet.

everywhere with everything and everyone ;)

in affirmative senteces with negative meaning eg I saw nobody (=I didn't see anynone.)

at the beginning of the sentence eg Nobody told me the meeting was today.

take singular verbs eg Everyone is happy.

use the "they, them, their" pronouns eg If someone told you the sky is red, would you believe them?

often combine else/else's eg Is there anything else you want to ask? This isn't my book I must have taken somebody else's.