Hello Forer@s, How does one explain the difference in use for: 1.) any thing vs. anything 2.) any one vs. anyone I haven't been able to locate a rule. Thank you, Sweet Momma Sue
I know that for anything it can be used as a pronoun, adverb, noun and as an idiom. However, any thing would only be used to mean whatever object, right? Thank you, Isotta for the reference link. It does explain it exactly! I shall search for number one there, now. --SMS Edit: I wish they had a usage note with the word "anything" as they did with the word "anyone". However, I suppose we'd treat the two word "any thing" as just that: two words.
