Someone or Somebody?

[Amused]

Which do you prefer/use?

Which are you?

 

[rivan]

Where's the "depends on context" option?

 

[leftyman]

everyone or everybody?

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: rivan
Where's the "depends on context" option?

Don't complicate my thread. :|

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rivan
Where's the "depends on context" option?

Don't complicate my thread. :|

I guess you can't be everything to everyone.

..or would that be everybody?

 

[George P Burdell]

Well, it could be either or neither.

 

[JM Aggie08]

7

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: rivan
Where's the "depends on context" option?

Don't complicate my thread. :|

I guess you can't be everything to everyone.

..or would that be everybody?

I dunno. That's what the poll is for.

 

[nakedfrog]

Let me go ask someone. Somebody's bound to have an opinion on this.

 

[CorCentral]

Not Nobody Not No How!
Cowardly Lion

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Well, it could be either or neither.

Some or a few.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Amused
Which do you prefer/use?

Which are you?

Someone

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Well, it could be either or neither.

Some or a few.

One or the other.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Let me go ask someone. Somebody's bound to have an opinion on this.

No one replied?

 

[newb111]

sum'un

 

[Chaotic42]

Someone.

The "one" denotes the actual thinking being that is doing the action.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Someone.

The "one" denotes the actual thinking being that is doing the action.

The "body" doesn't?

 

[HN]

certificate says i'm a somebody :thumbsup:

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Let me go ask someone. Somebody's bound to have an opinion on this.

No one replied?

I'm sure someone did.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I probably use someone more than somebody, but I use both depending on circumstances.

 

[JujuFish]

I guess it depends on whether I'm in the mood for two syllables or three.