Noone vs Anyone - What's the difference?
noone | anyone |
Any person; anybody.
* (George Bernard Shaw)
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As a proper noun noone
is .As a pronoun anyone is
any person; anybody.noone
English
Etymology 1
Usage notes
*Noone is formed in parallel to the formation of (nobody), (anyone), and (everyone), but it is often considered incorrect because of the doubled vowels creating a temptation to read and pronounce it as "noon" (). *American users (COCA) prefer the spelling (no one) to either noone'' or ''no-one by more than 500 to 1. *UK users (BNC) prefer (no-one) to noone'' 50 to 1 and ''no one'' to ''noone 12 to 1.Etymology 2
anyone
English
Alternative forms
* any onePronoun
(English Pronouns)- The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
George Goodchild
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