>>When I was in grade school, my English teacher would make us write 'anyone' 100 times if we used the word 'anybody' instead.
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>Our English teacher would make us write out lines of "I must not use get, got or getting" if we used any. He was mad.
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>>I think endings in 'body' are more common in American English than in British English (that is why my teacher preferred anyone). That was a LONG time ago though, so it may not be true now.
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>I'm not aware of a preference. "Anybody home?" for example, but then again probably "Did you check if anyone was in?"

Not to mention that 'If anyone were in, I'd have told you.'

>I dunno.