Please ask your staff if any of them has seen my purse. He doesn’t know anyone of them, but he doesn’t care.
He doesn’t know any of them, but he doesn’t care. Before an of phrase, use any (NOT anybody/anyone). 3
Anyone are welcome to join us.
Anyone is welcome to join us. If anybody want one, please write your name on the board.
If anybody wants one, please write your name on the board. anybody/anyone + singular verb: ‘If anyone calls, tell them I’ll be back after lunch.’ 4
If anyone wants to leave now, he may do so.
Anyone who wants to leave now may do so. When anyone reads these lines, he or she will think that the writer is very sad.
Anyone reading these lines will think that the writer is very sad. See Language Note at HE anyhow/anyway Those students who pass are given an intermediate certificate Anyhow, the
examination is far from easy.
Those students who pass are given an intermediate certificate. However, the examination is far from easy. Unfortunately, the beach is not white and sandy. Anyway, it is seldom crowded and
we can enjoy the sea.
Unfortunately, the beach is not white and sandy. On the other hand, it is seldom crowded and we can enjoy the sea. I’m sorry that I won’t be able to attend your wedding. Anyway, I would like to give
you something for your new home.
I’m sorry that I won’t be able to attend your wedding. Nevertheless, I would like to give you something for your new home. Anyhow and anyway are used to connect sentences only in informal styles (NOT in essays, written
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reports, etc). Their main uses are: (1) to show that you are about to return to the main topic or story line: ‘Anyway, as soon as the plane landed he was rushed off to hospital and that was the last I saw of him.’ (2) to show that your next point is just as important or relevant as your last one; ‘In any case, I’m too busy to play tennis this afternoon. Anyhow, it looks like it’s going to rain.’ For reasons of style and logic,
