'Every', 'some', 'any' and 'no' can be used with 'one', 'body' and 'thing' to form compound pronouns, such as everyone, somebody, anything and nothing.
everyone / everybody
every person:
...Would everyone who wishes to attend the dinner let me know by Friday afternoon?
...Everyone has their own ideas about the best way to bring up children.
...I've received replies from everybody but Jane.
...Do you agree with the principle that everyone should pay something towards the cost of health care?
...Everyone knows who stole it, but they're all afraid to tell anyone.
...Everyone involved in the accident has been questioned by the police.
...Goodbye, everybody - I'll see you next week.
...I'm sorry, but you'll just have to wait your turn like everybody else.
somebody / someone
(used to refer to a single person when you do not know who they are or when it is not important who they are) :
...There's someone outside the house.
...Someone must have seen what happened.
...Eventually someone in the audience spoke.
...You'll have to ask someone else.
...We'll need a software engineer or someone (= a person with skill of or like the stated type) on the project team.
NOTE: This is not usually used in negatives and questions. See Note some or any? at some (unknown amount).
anything (pronoun)
any event, act or object whatever, or (especially in questions or negatives) something:
...If he eats anything with wheat in it he's very sick.
...Let me know if anything happens won't you.
...Is there anything I can do to help?
...I didn't know anything about computers till I started this job.
...Did you notice anything strange about him?
...I was looking for a birthday present for my mother but I didn't find anything suitable.
...Spending Christmas with him and his brother - I can't imagine anything worse!
...Was there anything else you wanted to say or is that it?
...Have you got anything less expensive?
...She could be anything (= any age) between 30 and 40.
..."What did you do at the weekend?" "I don't think we did anything much."
nothing (pronoun)
not anything
...There's nothing in the drawer - I took everything out.
...Nothing I could say would cheer her up.
...I have nothing new to tell you.
...There's nothing else (= no other thing) we can do to help.
...There's nothing much (= not very much) to do in our village.
...The story was nothing but (= only) lies.
...(US) The score is Yankees three, Red Sox nothing (= no points).
...He's a nothing, a low-down, useless nobody. (someone of no value or importance : noun [C] INFORMAL)
anyone
pronoun (ALSO anybody)
1- used in questions and negatives to mean 'a person or people':
...I haven't spoken to anyone all day.
...I haven't told anyone.
...Was there anyone you knew at the meeting?Has anyone seen my glasses anywhere?
2-any person or any people:
...Anyone can go - you don't have to be invited.
...Anyone could dress well with all that money.
no body (NO PERSON)
pronoun (ALSO no one),not anyone
...Is there nobody here who can answer my question?
...I saw nobody all morning.
...Nobody agreed with me.
'Every', 'some', 'any' and 'no' can also be used with 'where' to form adverbs such as everywhere, somewhere and anywhere.
everywhere (adverb) (semua tempat)
(US INFORMAL everyplace)
to, at or in all places or the whole of a place:
...His children go everywhere with him.
...Everywhere looks so grey and depressing in winter.
...I looked everywhere for my keys.
...Reasonable people everywhere will be outraged by this atrocity.
...We had to stay in the sleaziest hotel in town as everywhere else (= all other places) was fully booked.
somewhere (PLACE) adverb (satu tempat)
(US ALSO someplace) :in or at a place having a position which is not stated or not known:
He was last heard of living somewhere on the south coast.
You must have put their letter somewhere!.
[+ to infinitive] : I'm looking for somewhere to eat/stay.
Can we go somewhere else to talk - it's very noisy here.
Wouldn't you like to go to Disneyland or somewhere (= or to a similar place)?
NOTE: This is not usually used in negatives and questions. See Note some or any? at some (unknown amount).
anywhere : adverb (US ALSO anyplace) (mana2 tempat)
in, to or at any place or (especially in questions or negatives) some place:
I can't find my keys anywhere.
You won't find a prettier village anywhere in England.
Did you go anywhere interesting this summer?
Go anywhere in the world and you'll find some sort of hamburger restaurant.
Is there anywhere in particular you wanted to go to eat tonight?
I was wondering if there was anywhere I could go to get this mended.
There are quite a few words that they use in that part of the country that you don't hear anywhere else.
As a teacher you could expect to be paid anywhere (= any amount) between £7 and £15 per hour.
He charges anywhere from $20 to $50 for a haircut and blow-dry.
Is there anywhere to eat around here?
They live in some tiny little village miles from anywhere (= a very long way from any main towns or villages).
nowhere (adverb) (tidak ada tempat)
1- in, at or to no place; not anywhere:
These young people have nowhere (else) to go.
Nowhere does the article mention the names of the people involved.
2- not in a successful or a winning position:
The horse I bet on finished nowhere.
Pronouns such as somebody, nothing and everything usually take a singular verb, even though they may seem to refer to more than one thing.
...Don't touch that computer: somebody is using it.
...Don't worry. Nothing has happened.
...Is everything ready for the party?
...Everybody has arrived.
However, after everyone/everybody, we use they/their/them, even though the verb is singular.
Everyone has to take their shoes off before they come in.
Could everybody please put their names on the list?
Everybody enjoyed themselves at the party.
Somebody, someone, something, somewhere
These words refer to a person, thing or place, without identifying which person, thing or place.
somebody / someone: an unidentified person
something: an unidentified thing
somewhere: an unidentified place
Alice says 'there's something I want to ask you.' She is saying that she has a question, but she hasn't yet identified the topic of the question.
When she says: 'There's somebody else, isn't there?' this is a positive statement, followed by a question tag. Alice is saying that she believes that Paul is seeing another woman, but she doesn't know who.
More examples:
Somebody called yesterday, but I don't know who it was.
He had something to eat before he went home. Have you seen my phone?
I put it down somewhere and now I can't find it.
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