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computer but I can’t afford one.’ (
computer
is a singular countable noun)
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See
Language Note at NOT
any more
People go there when they are not able any more to look after themselves.
People go there when they are not able to look after themselves any more.
The state does not any more provide a pension for everyone.
The state does not provide a pension for everyone any more.
When used in connection with time,
any more
usually comes at the end of the sentence: ‘Helen
doesn’t work here any more.’
Note the alternatives: ‘People go there when they are no longer able to look after themselves.’
‘The state no longer provides a pension for everyone.’
anybody/anyone
1
Anyone should speak not just one but several languages.
Everyone should speak not just one but several languages.
Anybody else in the class speaks Japanese.
Everybody else in the class speaks Japanese.
To refer to all the people in a group, use
everybody/everyone
(NOT
anybody/anyone) .
2
Please ask your staff if anybody of them has seen my purse.
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