{"id":32287,"date":"2026-04-13T16:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=32287"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:59:37","slug":"no-none-of-any-nothing-nobody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/04\/no-none-of-any-nothing-nobody\/","title":{"rendered":"No, None of, Any, Nothing, Nobody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No, none of, any, nothing, <\/strong>and<strong> nobody<\/strong> are indefinite pronouns and determiners. They are used to express absence, negation, or an unspecified quantity. They serve as modifiers or subjects\/objects, typically indicating &#8220;not any&#8221; or &#8220;not one&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>No<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Use<strong> \u201cno\u201d + noun<\/strong>&nbsp;to say something does not exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Structure:<strong> no + noun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I have&nbsp;<strong>no money<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is&nbsp;<strong>no water<\/strong>&nbsp;in the bottle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She has&nbsp;<strong>no friends<\/strong>&nbsp;here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tip:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cNo\u201d makes the sentence negative, so&nbsp;don\u2019t use \u201cnot\u201d again.<br>x:&nbsp;I don\u2019t have no money.<br>o:&nbsp;I have <strong>no money<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>None of<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Use <strong>none of + the \/ my \/ these \/ those + noun<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meaning: <strong>zero from a group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>None of the students<\/strong> are here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>None of my friends<\/strong> came.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>None of the water<\/strong> is clean.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With pronouns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>None of them<\/strong> are ready.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>None of us<\/strong> understand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tip:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Countable plural \u2192 usually <strong>are<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uncountable \u2192 <strong>is<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Any<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Use &#8220;<strong>any<\/strong>&#8221; in&nbsp;questions and negative sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Structure: <strong>any + noun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you have&nbsp;<strong>any questions<\/strong>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I don\u2019t have&nbsp;<strong>any money<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is there&nbsp;<strong>any milk<\/strong>&nbsp;left?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tip:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In positive sentences, \u201cany\u201d means&nbsp;it doesn\u2019t matter which:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can choose&nbsp;<strong>any color<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nothing<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nothing<\/strong> means&nbsp;<strong>no thing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Structure: <strong>nothing (no noun after it)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I see&nbsp;<strong>nothing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is&nbsp;<strong>nothing<\/strong>&nbsp;in the bag.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He said&nbsp;<strong>nothing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Tip:<br>x:&nbsp;I don\u2019t see nothing.<br>o:&nbsp;I see <strong>nothing<\/strong>.<br>o:&nbsp;I don\u2019t see <strong>anything<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nobody<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nobody<\/strong> means&nbsp;<strong>no person<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Structure<strong>:<\/strong> <strong>nobody (no noun after it)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nobody<\/strong>&nbsp;is at home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I know&nbsp;<strong>nobody<\/strong>&nbsp;here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nobody<\/strong>&nbsp;called me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong><br>x:&nbsp;I don\u2019t know <strong>nobody<\/strong>.<br>o:&nbsp;I know <strong>nobody<\/strong>.<br>o:&nbsp;I don\u2019t know <strong>anybody<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Comparison<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Word<\/th><th>Use with noun?<\/th><th>Meaning<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>no<\/td><td>&nbsp;yes<\/td><td>zero<\/td><td>no food<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>none of<\/td><td>&nbsp;yes (group)<\/td><td>zero from group<\/td><td>none of the students<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>any<\/td><td>&nbsp;yes<\/td><td>some (questions\/negatives)<\/td><td>any water<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>nothing<\/td><td>&nbsp;no<\/td><td>no thing<\/td><td>nothing here<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>nobody<\/td><td>&nbsp;no<\/td><td>no person<\/td><td>nobody came<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 &#8211; 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