Is anyone a common noun

Answer 1

No, the word 'anyone' is NOT a noun.

The word 'anyone' is a pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

The pronoun 'anyone' is an indefinite pronoun, a word that takes the place of a noun for an unknown or unnamed person.

Answer 2

The dictionaries don't seem to agree on this word.

They do all agree that the word 'everywhere' is an adverb(not a verb), a word used to modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

One (of the six consulted) said that 'everywhere' is a conjunction, used to join the parts of a compound sentence.

The dictionaries said that 'everywhere' is a noun or is a pronoun (one or the other, not both).

Let's start with the use of the adverb with some examples:

• The wind scattered leaves everywhere. (the adverb is modifying the verb 'scattered')
• You see those little cars everywhere now. (the adverb is modifying the adverb 'now')

Next, let's try the use as a conjunction that a dictionary (which will remain nameless) gave. This example is like the one given:

• We saw chaos everywhere we looked. (You could construe the word 'everywhere' as joining the two parts of the sentence, however, 'everywhere we looked' seems more like a dependent clause to me; an adverbial clause)

Last (but not least), is it a noun or a pronoun? That seems to be in the eye of the beholder.

A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing:

• People everywhere use smartphones. (a word meaning 'in all places')

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

• People everywhere use smartphones. (a word that takes the place of the noun phrase 'in all places')

Answer 3

no