Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
I don't know ___________ at the bank.

• A. anyone
• B. any
  
• C. someone
• D. nobody

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

anyone

Option A: 'Anyone' is a pronoun that we use in negative sentences and interrogatives. Also, 'anyone' means 'any body', the meaning is also relevant. Hence it is suitable for the given negative sentence and option A is correct.

Option B: 'Any' is a pronoun that refers to an amount or number of something. As it expresses an amount, it should be followed by a noun 'any body'. As the sentence does not have any noun that follows, option B is incorrect.

Option C: 'Someone' is used in positive sentences, but the given sentence is negative.

Option D: 'Nobody' is already a negative pronoun. It is used to make a sentence negative. But it won't be used in one that is already negative 'don't know'.

Hence options C and D are incorrect.