Grammar Entry 625 / 1011 60-second read

Nobody vs. No body

Pronoun versus physical body.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

No body answered the phone.

✓ Correct

Nobody answered the phone.

The ruleii

NOBODY = no person.

NOBODY (one word) is a pronoun. NO BODY (two words) refers to an actual physical body — rare.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Person = nobody.

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