Anyone, anybody and anything are indefinite pronouns. We use anyone, anybody and anything to refer to both an open, unlimited set of things or people and specific things or people.
Anything and any thing are easy to confuse. Anything means 'a thing of any kind' (i.e., it doesn't matter what it is). Any thing is rare. It is used to emphasize that you are refer
1. in any way: he wasn't anything like his father. 2. anything but by no means; not in the least: she was anything but happy. 3. like anything (intensifier; usually euphemistic): h
adv. in any degree; to any extent; in any way; at all: Does it taste anything like chocolate? anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least: The plans were anything but d
Factsheet What does the word anything mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word anything. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evid