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Variations on 'some', 'every', 'no', and 'any'

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Variations on 'some', 'every', 'no', and 'any'

Undefined structures with SOME:

something	an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known
somebody or someone	an unknown person
somewhere	in an unknown place
somehow	in a way that is not known

Undefined structures with ANY:

anything	something (used in questions and negative structures), or when it doesn't matter what thing
anybody or anyone	a person (used in questions and negative structures), or when it doesn't matter what person
anywhere	somewhere (used in questions and negative structures), or when it doesn't matter what place
anyway or anyhow	in any case, not considering other things

Undefined structures with NO:

nothing	not anything
nobody or no one	not anybody
nowhere	in no place
no way	impossible

Undefined structures with EVERY:

everything	all, the entirety
everybody or everyone	all the people
everywhere	in every place

Note:

• Any and no are respectively used in negative and affirmative constructions (to avoid a double negative):

I don't know anybody here. I know no-one here.

Nobody is perfect. There isn't anyone who is perfect.

• With somebody, everybody, nobody (and someone etc.) the verb is always conjugated in the singular form:

Everybody needs somebody.
Everyone has to leave.

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