hey there Aubry what's going on hi Lindsay I'm great it's Rainey here today I love a rainy day
yes oh I feel like it never rains in Arizona not very often I know so it's exciting for us which
Jessica finds hilarious because in Portland it rains all the time but not here not here
interesting okay what are we getting into today this is going to be fun I have a question for you
actually I know there's been a ton of snowfall this year so a lot of people have been skiing
I know you ski um but what about your friends or does anyone you know ski oh yeah I'm pretty much
EV not everyone but many people that I know do ski yes okay gotcha so not everyone but not everyone
not everyone okay this is interesting we are diving into today the difference between everyone
and anyone this can cause a lot of confusion I feel like a lot of language Learners are either
not sure I've gotten a lot of questions about this or they avoid them entirely because they're
not sure they're using them correctly right and that's also actually a good skill you shouldn't
avoid a word but it's it it forces you to build more vocabulary when you do actually try to find
another way to say something it's kind of cool when you have to paraphrase right yeah you're like
pulling from your brain box all the other ways you know how to say something it's so true yeah brain
box and by the way that term comes from our IELTS course three keys aisles IELTS energy podcast tell
us a little bit about that show actually Aubry for a minute so Jessica and I are the co-hosts to
two episodes every week if you are studying for IELTS or know anyone who's studying for IELTS it
really is a fantastic podcast you learn all kinds of strategies vocabulary everything you would
need to know in order to get the score you need on IELTS so but even if you're not studying for
IELTS honestly we'll talk we talk about fun vocab slaying idioms all the time so I know a lot of our
listeners aren't even studying for IELTS so maybe check it out even if you're not preparing for that
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so if you're more a visual learner you want to watch us on the mic absolutely check it out on
YouTube IELTS energy TV yeah we pretty much do all of our episodes now we really scaled that up Aubry
pretty much everything we do is now on video on YouTube across I know we listen to you guys right
we had a lot of our listeners say I would rather watch a video of you podcasting because that's
fun I like to watch video podcasts too so yeah we listened and now we did it bring us on YouTube I
love it I'm personally more of an audio learner I really like to just put my headphones in walk my
dog go to the park I don't like to be on YouTube right but some people do and we respect that and
we love that so absolutely all right do we have a question do you want to read the question from
our listener yeah this was inspired by a listener question about everyone and everybody so let's go
ahead and read that and then we're going to dive into the difference between those and also anyone
and anybody you want me to read the question sure yeah why not why not okay he said hello my name
is Ezekiel I'm from El Salvador but I live in New York awesome congratulations on your great program
thank you thank you for listening they said my question is what's the difference between everyone
and everybody I get it I get it it's so weird that we have both words then when they're so similar
in meaning right Lindsay oh yeah for some reason I think my initial thought is when I think about
everybody I think about music for some reason like songs the choice of everybody instead of everyone
being more common in songs I don't know why maybe we'll find out why yeah well they do have the same
meaning you can use them interchangeably everybody is just slightly more informal
that's why we hear it in pop songs probably right they're always going for slang for more informal
ways of saying things in music absolutely I I wouldn't worry about it right if you're giving
a presentation I feel like they're interchangeable enough no one's going to say everybody instead of
everyone and I'm gonna think oh that's kind of a little too informal no they're so similar that I
think you can use both without stressing about it yeah it's not going to be a glaring mistake good
bonus for today glaring mistake no one is going to be confused or feel like you've done a big
like you've you're totally mismatching the tone of the environment right right exactly right and like
one of the most formal situations you could be in like a job interview if you're talking about work
and you say you know everybody at my old position blah blah blah versus everyone at my old position
no one's going to bat an eye like they're just so interchangeable it's you can use either yeah
so good so we're getting into a little grammar today right so do we have some other grammar
episodes that we've done in the past on all those yes recently we have done quite a bit of great
grammar episodes if you've missed them go back and check them out a couple examples 1937 didn't
versus wouldn't a listener's English grammar question answered that was an awesome one that
you and Michelle did so don't miss that one guys okay awesome and then 1905 type that into your
search bar we hope you'll use this impressive grammar yeah we've been trying to do more and
more grammar episodes for you guys because we know you want that you've requested that so we're gonna
get it for you but we're always going to keep in mind our core value as a community of connection
exactly right yes grammar is important you guys want to be using correct grammar but I love that
that's we're always coming back to that like yes right learn the grammar but also don't let it stop
you from communicating from connecting right don't let it hold you back that's so good it's okay it
gets me so excited yes okay what what do we need to go through here what do we need to know from
a grammar perspective yes so this I have gotten a lot of questions about when to use everyone or
anyone right or everybody or anybody and this is a little trickier this we need to understand the
grammar we need to understand what these words mean because they are different they are used
in different contexts so we're going to dive into these give you example sentences and a role play
so you'll be able to use them with confidence okay so just to make sure we're clear here for
our listeners so we're saying that everyone and everybody is basically the same just a difference
of casual but today we're contrasting everyone everybody versus anyone anybody is that right
right and it is different so that might be where the confusion is if someone tells you everyone
and everybody are the same and you translate that to anyone and anybody which looks sort of similar
no there's a different meaning here there's different grammar here so okay yeah you want
to be aware when to use which one got it let's so we said before that everyone is kind of every
person right let's go through each one here right so exactly for example is everyone watching the
news right is every person watching the news very standard Works anyway exactly and same
meaning everybody just slightly more informal but you could absolutely also say is everybody
watching the news means the same thing I native speakers aren't going to notice any difference
really absolutely you can use and like I said before you might hear everybody in songs more
often just because it is more casual but then Aubry we get into anyone and anybody and here's
where we see the contrast for our listeners exactly these have different meanings so anyone
means any person like any one person okay so if you say is anyone going to happy hour after
work this is a different meaning right than if you said is everyone going to happy hour you're
not talking about every person you're talking about any individual it's completely different
impression right is there any is there any person is anyone going is there any person going to happy
hour after work right and you can see how this could create confusion if someone isn't
really clear about the difference and they say is everyone going when they mean is anyone going then
the answer they're going to get is incorrect there's confusion we don't understand you
get there in your surprise that there's only one person when you thought everyone was going so we
need to understand the difference is so true it's so true so what about anybody then yeah so this
has the same meaning as anyone just like everyone and everybody have the same meaning anyone and
anybody exactly the same where there's just that slight bit of um it's more informal to say anybody
maybe we would hear it in music more just like everybody but they're very interchangeable so
you could say is anybody going to happy hour after work now this is interesting I feel there's this
tiny bit of connotation that I would be like is anybody going like almost assuming nobody isn't
or you're like upset that that so many people have have said no then instead of saying is
anyone going I might say is anybody going like why is no one playing right because maybe we're
going to the Buddy part right everybody every anybody when like you said more casual more
emphatic you're trying to emphasize things it's less standard you're not just delivering the
message you're delivering the message with kind of an emotion or some something added to it would you
say so yes exactly right but again don't stress about that because if you use one or the other if
you're using them interchangeably you can create that emphasis with your intonation right yeah you
could say is anyone going yeah right anyone going why is everyone saying no totally okay I love it
let's put this into a role play so our listeners can really get it this is the kind of episode I
think role plays are key absolutely yes this is a fun one you and I are ordering food for
a get-together in this role play I'll start us out ready does everyone want pizza yeah everybody said
they're up for pizza do you think anyone would want breadsticks yeah for sure let's get some
oh and what about dessert anybody want dessert do you think absolutely let's get the Cinna sticks
like pizza places here where there's like cinnamon breadsticks that are like the dessert right oh
my gosh they're so delicious I did an Instagram update on Saturday because we ordered our favorite
uh Pizza which is the deep dish we do sometimes on the weekend um but I was actually this time around
it wasn't that good I think they put someone else in the kitchen something's going wrong
at that place oh no yes there's like a new Chef a new cook hired they might not have it down quite
yet hopefully they'll get some quality control in there and get it back up to par exactly so anyways
all right we'll go through these so what did we say first where do we see the first I said does
everyone want pizza and there is a very different meaning than if I say does anyone want pizza I
want to know if every person at the party is down for pizza or do we need to get some other options
right right because maybe someone is on a low salt diet or who knows we have all different diets
right they don't like pizza maybe I need to order some salads right but if everyone wants Pizza okay
it's easy let's just get some pizza yeah we've got a very carb heavy meal coming yeah [Laughter]
French steaks pizza and dessert right um and then we said yes everybody said they're up
for pizza right and then so yes everybody I responded you see everyone I don't have to
mirror back everyone to you that's important for our listeners to know too I can switch to be more
casual yes exactly that's such a good skill and we don't usually we don't always think about it
when we're First Learning a language just like not repeating vocabulary when there is another
way to say it right instead of saying yes everyone said they're up for pizza you're repeating exactly
what I said yeah switch it up and then I said do you think anyone would want breadsticks right do
you think anyone is there some person in the room who would want breadsticks yeah it'd be a very
different question if you're saying do you think everyone wants breadsticks maybe we're only going
to order them if every person there wants them no this is like if anyone wants them if any one
person I want them if anyone else does I'm gonna get him all right and the next one is kind of cool
because we're asking a question right and we're dropping you wanna you read that what did I ask
yeah this is an interesting grammar bonus where you could have said you know do you think anybody
wants dessert and we're flipping it we're saying anybody want dessert do you think right it's such
an interesting grammar form just to switch up the way we do this all the time especially when
we're being very informal we'll drop the subject the verb we'll flip it and have anybody at the
beginning and then subject verb at the end like this there are so many options yeah and guys as
our listeners if you're you're ready for this stretch yourself and try this kind of way of
asking a question super Advanced super native you're not going to reach that high high level
of connection right if you're just following the old structures that are so solid but we
need to be able to make mistakes and try creative ways of asking questions like this absolutely and
we could have done this with the question you asked when you said do you think anyone would
want breads breadsticks you could also say anyone want breadsticks do you think or just anyone want
breadsticks right we were just shortening we're removing subject verb because it's an informal
conversation I love it I love it there's a lot we can do here what's a takeaway for our listeners
today yeah so first of all I'm so glad this listener sent in this question there's no need
to stress about the difference between everyone and everybody and also anyone and anybody right
they're interchangeable so this is the good news this is one thing you don't have to worry about
yes but we did bring up that there is a real difference between everybody and anybody right
or everyone in any anyone so pay attention to that that's the key teaching today guys
and don't be afraid to make mistakes all right exactly right use these in everyday conversations
with friends with co-workers and up level your English just like you were saying Lindsay you
guys are at that level where you can take these other grammar forms play around with it a little
bit when you know that you can be a little more informal yeah and we mentioned in this episode
The IELTS energy podcast so go check that out a whole new way to learn right a different team
different combination of hosts right get deeper into all yours English and all of the podcasts
that we offer good absolutely don't miss out on IELTS energy guys it's so funny it's so fun
and funny Jessica and I have funny if I do say so myself so yeah check it out oh so good all right
Aubry thanks for being on today talk to you soon awesome see you next time bye bye foreign [Music]