Wednesday, October 5, 2016

anybody, any body

Anybody or anybody ( one word ) means an unspecified person; one person, no matter who --
Did you see anybody from school while you were at the mall?
Does anybody know what time it is?
Anybody can do that; it just takes patience.

Any body or any body ( two words ) means an unspecified quantity; some ( any ) of consistency or substance ( body ) --
The fabric won't have any body unless you starch it.
My hair doesn't have any body after I wash it.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"This wine doesn't have any body; don't tell anybody, but I think it has water in it."

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