Buddy42
Junior Member
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2014
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
Hello,
let's imagine being on a class trip. The class is going to visit a museum and the teacher warns them before they enter it:
I want you to behave properly. I want to be sure that I won't catch
a) you touching anything.
b) someone touching anything.
c) anyone touching anything.
Usually, we replace "somebody", like in "to catch sb doing sth" with a noun or pronoun, as in a).
c) sounds acceptable to me as well, like in "anyone here in this class", no matter who. But it may also refer to any person in the museum.
b) makes me wonder...?
Which one is the most appropriate one in the situation mentioned above?
Thanks in advance
let's imagine being on a class trip. The class is going to visit a museum and the teacher warns them before they enter it:
I want you to behave properly. I want to be sure that I won't catch
a) you touching anything.
b) someone touching anything.
c) anyone touching anything.
Usually, we replace "somebody", like in "to catch sb doing sth" with a noun or pronoun, as in a).
c) sounds acceptable to me as well, like in "anyone here in this class", no matter who. But it may also refer to any person in the museum.
b) makes me wonder...?
Which one is the most appropriate one in the situation mentioned above?
Thanks in advance