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The word anyone refers to a single person. If any one is used by itself, it means the same as anyone, but it is preferred for it to be spelled without the space. If any one is used with something else (e.g. any one of them) it can mean something completely different. In summary, almost all the time you should use anyone, but any one is also an acceptable spelling.
Use "anyone" when all elements of a group are involved, but you don't necessarily mean all of them. So "anyone can do it" would mean that everybody in that group could do it, even though it doesn't take them all to do it.
Anyone can learn to dance if he or she wants to. Resources online tell me that anyone is a singular indefinite pronoun. Then why is it sometimes acceptable to use the plural 'they' with 'anyone' in some cases? Does it substitute and replace 'he/she'? note: this previous posts also says anyone is [singular]: "Anyone has" or "anyone have" seen them?
I've learned that we use "someone" when in affirmative sentence and "anyone" when in negative or question sentence. Altough, I saw a lot of results in google for the sentence "how can ANYONE". So...
How can SOMEONE or How can ANYONE? - English Language & Usage Stack ...