The prefixes any-, every-, no-, and some- can be used with a range of English words representing location, manner, object, person, or time. The table below shows the possible combinations and indicates the frequency of occurance with the following key:
- common
- The word is in common use
- uncommon
- The word is not in common use, and may be archaic, rare, or dialectal
- unrecorded
- The word is not recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary
| root | any- | every- | no- | some- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| location | place | anyplace common |
everyplace common |
noplace common |
someplace common |
| whence | anywhence unrecorded |
everywhence unrecorded |
nowhence uncommon |
somewhence uncommon |
|
| where | anywhere common |
everywhere common |
nowhere common |
somewhere common |
|
| whither | anywhither uncommon |
everywhither uncommon |
nowhither uncommon |
somewhither uncommon |
|
| manner | how | anyhow common |
everyhow uncommon |
nohow uncommon |
somehow common |
| way | anyway common |
everyway uncommon |
noway uncommon |
someway common |
|
| wise | anywise uncommon |
everywise unrecorded |
nowise uncommon |
somewise uncommon |
|
| object | thing | anything common |
everything common |
nothing common |
something common |
| what | anywhat unrecorded |
everywhat unrecorded |
nowhat uncommon |
somewhat uncommon |
|
| person | body | anybody common |
everybody common |
nobody common |
somebody common |
| one | anyone common |
everyone common |
no-one common |
someone common |
|
| time | time | anytime common |
everytime unrecorded |
notime unrecorded |
sometime common |
| when | anywhen uncommon |
everywhen uncommon |
nowhen uncommon |
somewhen uncommon |
The main source of etymological information used in this page was the two volume Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: