anyone/someone

[navi tasan]

Are these sentences correct:

1) I did not think someone could fall in love with me.
2) I did not think anyone could fall in love with me.

3) I did not think someone would say that.
4) I did not think anyone would say that.

Does replacing 'anyone' with 'someone' change the meaning in any way?

Gratefully,
Navi.

 

[andrewg927]

When you use "someone", it seems to refer to a specific person who you didn't think would do XYZ.

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you very much, Andrew g927,

So, would 'someone' be sort of equivalent to 'you-know-who' in those sentences?


5) I did not think you-know-who would say that.


Could one use:

6) I did not think someone would say that, but this fellow I had never seen in my entire life did.

In this case, I wasn't thinking of someone specific at first. But when he said it, he sort of became specific.
I don't think this case is what you have in mind.

Gratefully,
Navi.

 

[Tdol]

I would use anyone in your example #6.

 

[andrewg927]

5 in theory is fine but in real life I think it is too confusing.