Pronouns: indefinite (-body, -one, -thing, -where)

from English Grammar Today

Somebody, anyone, everything, etc. are indefinite pronouns.

We use -body, -one, -thing, -where to refer to people, places and things in a general way. We write them
as one single word, apart from no one, which can be written as two separate words or with a hyphen (no-
one).

somebody someone something somewhere

anybody anyone anything anywhere

nobody no one nothing nowhere

everybody everyone everything everywhere

The differences in their meanings are the same as the differences between some, any, every and no.
We use them all with a singular verb:

Is anyone helping Claire with the washing up?

Everybody makes mistakes.

I’m looking for somewhere I can store my bike.

-body and -one

-body and -one mean the same thing. In informal contexts, we use indefinite pronouns ending in -
body more often than pronouns ending in -one. The forms with -one are more common in formal writing:

Nobody was interested in the talk. (or No one was …)

Everyone started to clap. (or Everybody …)

Somewhere nice, nothing much

We can add an adjective or adverbial expression to these indefinite pronouns to make them more
specific:

A: What did you do at the weekend?

 B: Nothing much.

Are you thinking of anyone in particular?

Is there something else I can do to help?

See also:
Some

Any

Some and any

Else

Every

Someone, somebody, something, somewhere

Anyone and anybody

Everyone, everybody, everything, everywhere

No one, nobody, nothing, nowhere