What is the difference between "someone is waiting for me" and "somebody is waiting for me?" Please make it clear for me.
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Yeah there is difference – user78248 Jun 04 '14 at 09:24
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3@user78248 there is a difference between some body and somebody. – Matt E. Эллен Jun 04 '14 at 09:31
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The difference is that someone has two syllables and somebody has three. That can matter, to enough people. Enough to keep both forms common in native speakers' usage, anyway. – John Lawler Jun 04 '14 at 15:05
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Someone is used if we don’t know the person and there are many people to decide from. Somebody is used when we refer to a person, but in a narrow amount of selection.
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This does not match any usage of someone and somebody that I’ve ever come across. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Jun 04 '14 at 10:58