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    5 months ago

    Nobody is a negation (not anybody). So they do have to explain themselves to somebody

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      5 months ago

      Formally yes, but I believe that’s an (American English?) informal way of speaking where “nobody” actually means “anybody”. Similarly to how “I don’t need no man” means “I don’t need any man”.