Anyone or Everyone

Anyone talks about one person or one person in a group. It is not important which person. Everyone talks about all the members in a group.

  • I didn’t see anyone this morning.
  • Does anyone know his name?
  • Don’t worry, everyone here will get a ticket.
  • Everyone is welcome to my funeral.

The same is when talking about things.

Anything talks about one thing or one thing in a group. It is not important which thing. Everything talks about all the things in a group.

  • Is there anything we have forgotten?
  • The package contains everything you need to build the wardrobe.

Common mistakes with pronouns.