nothing | anyone | everywhere – English Grammar Profiler

in the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 58 in the category of PRONOUNS is defined as:

wide range of indefinite pronouns as objects or complements.

For example:

You don’t have to show anyone any of these steps.

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There are also English Vocabulary Profile phrases at various levels.  For example:

Come on, Scarlett!
When you want something, 

you stop at nothing to get it.
You know it‘s true.

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*We have taken the 3 pronouns found in the EGP examples as the basis for our search in iWeb corpus:

_VV nothing|anyone|everywhere

1 KNOW NOTHING 29235 2 THINK ANYONE 22892

3 SAY NOTHING 17229

You were awful to someone you don’t even know, to say nothing of me.

Dedication

4 KNOW ANYONE 16116 5 TELL ANYONE 15737

6 KNEW NOTHING 14617

7 LET ANYONE 14570

TLC STUDENT SPEAKING TEST:

I don’t want you to let anyone help you.

You have to do things on your own.

Male, Mexico, C1

8 GOT NOTHING 14490
9 SAID NOTHING 12954

10 MEANS NOTHING 12789

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

My bedroom is on the second floor and has a big window which looks out on the grove.

That means nothing obstructs our view from the window.

Japanese, Female, Level 4, Grammar Class.

*However ‘nothing’ here is the subject of the clause.

11 WANT ANYONE 11290 12 SEE NOTHING 10139 13 HELP ANYONE 9966 14 FOUND NOTHING 9466 15 SEE ANYONE 9257 16 SAYS NOTHING 8810 17 FIND ANYONE 7855 18 GET NOTHING 7784 19 ASK ANYONE 7755

20 MEAN NOTHING 7435

21 SEEN ANYONE 7370 22 KNOWS NOTHING 7236 23 MAKE ANYONE 6463 24 HEARD NOTHING 6450 25 ALLOW ANYONE 6441 26 WANT NOTHING 5896 27 FIND NOTHING 5455 28 ENCOURAGE ANYONE 5413 29 RECOMMEND ANYONE 5216

30 HURT ANYONE 5062

31 SAW NOTHING 4072 32 ALLOWS ANYONE 4047 33 LOVE NOTHING 4041 34 GET ANYONE 3966 35 WANTED NOTHING 3848 36 GIVE ANYONE 3819

37 KILL ANYONE 3804

38 TOLD ANYONE 3761 39 WANTS NOTHING 3754 40 DOUBT ANYONE 3641 41 HEARD ANYONE 3605 42 EXPECT NOTHING 3501

43 BELIEVE ANYONE 3483

44 MET ANYONE 3473 45 THINK NOTHING 3433 46 IMAGINE ANYONE 3419 47 LOOKS NOTHING 3193 48 TRUST ANYONE 3172 49 USING NOTHING 3134 50 THOUGHT NOTHING 3090 51 ASKING ANYONE 3080 52 FOUND EVERYWHERE 3075 53 OFFEND ANYONE 2882 54 SEEN NOTHING 2869

55 COSTS NOTHING 2819

56 MEANT NOTHING 2799 57 TELLING ANYONE 2657 58 SAYING NOTHING 2558 59 LOOKED EVERYWHERE 2556 60 TAKE NOTHING 2548 61 EXPECT ANYONE 2537 62 ADVISE ANYONE 2506 63 PAY NOTHING 2374 64 GO EVERYWHERE 2334 65 FEEL NOTHING 2313 66 URGE ANYONE 2312 67 HEAR NOTHING 2294 68 WEARING NOTHING 2287 69 PREVENT ANYONE 2167 70 LEAVE NOTHING 2148 71 AFFECT ANYONE 2118 72 HELPS ANYONE 2117 73 LEAVING NOTHING 2077 74 KNOWING NOTHING 2020 75 LIKE NOTHING 1976 76 LOOK NOTHING 1971 77 NEED ANYONE 1923 78 ALLOWING ANYONE 1912 79 MEET ANYONE 1905 80 HEAR ANYONE 1847 81 CONVINCE ANYONE 1821 82 FELT NOTHING 1768 83 LEARNED NOTHING 1750 84 GETTING NOTHING 1728 85 BLAME ANYONE 1646

86 CALL ANYONE 1641

87 ADDS NOTHING 1625
88 MEANS ANYONE 1592
89 SURPRISE ANYONE 1586 90 STOP ANYONE 1559

91 RECEIVED NOTHING 1557

92 TAKE ANYONE 1552 93 USED EVERYWHERE 1436 94 INVITE ANYONE 1409 95 FLYING EVERYWHERE 1406

96 HURTING ANYONE 1396

97 SEEN EVERYWHERE 1390 98 CHALLENGE ANYONE 1385 99 SAID ANYONE 1377

100 LOOKED NOTHING 1373

A2:

adds, anyone, believe, call, costs, everywhere, hurt, hurting, kill, let, mean, means, meant, nothing, received, surprise

B1:

advise, allow, allowing, allows, blame, challenge, convince, doubt, encourage, expect, imagine, prevent, recommend, trust

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

This is because April, I am told, is Earth Month and God knows,

I am nothing if not down-to-earth.

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*Our grammar is hidden under more complex expressions.