Element FORM: OBJECT OR COMPLEMENT
SuperCat PRONOUNS
SubCat indefinite - thing, -one, -body etc
Lexical Range 3
Level B1
Cando Can use a wide range of indefinite pronouns as objects or complements.
Corrected Learner Example I often watch TV, because my computer is broken and I have nothing to do. (Georgia (Republic of); B1 THRESHOLD; 2007; Georgian; Pass)

? there was nothing on the wall. (India; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Gujarati; Pass)

It's a tennis club and the people there were all strangers for me, I didn't know anyone. (Germany; B1 THRESHOLD; 2001; German; Pass)

When I arrived at his house there wasn't anyone there. (Spain; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; Spanish - European; Pass)

He went everywhere in the world! (Italy; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Italian; Pass)
Uncorrected Learner Example I often watch TV, because my computer is broken and I have nothing to do. (Georgia (Republic of); B1 THRESHOLD; 2007; Georgian; Pass)

? there was nothing on the wall. (India; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Gujarati; Pass)


It's a tennis club and the people there were all strangers for me, I didn't know anyone. (Germany; B1 THRESHOLD; 2001; German; Pass)

When I arrived to his house there wasn't anyone there. (Spain; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; Spanish - European; Pass)
Comments There are 59 hits for anyone at A2. They are predominantly used in error meaning 'any one', a single item. It may be lack of spoken data or lack of opportunity to use.

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