# No one.. Noone... No-one... Knowone... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 22, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545 "2001-08-22T14:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545/1 "2001-08-22T14:36:31Z")
Dammit! I can’t take this anymore. That darned word trips me up every time. Whenever I’m forced to use it, I randomly pick one and hope it’s right. If it isn’t, I hope others will assume it’s a typo. For God’s sake, enlighten me!! Which one is it? ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545/2 "2001-08-22T14:42:14Z")
“Nobody.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![navtechie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@navtechie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/navtechie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545/3 "2001-08-22T14:46:46Z")
it is: no one ---
**Author:** ![Perderabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545/4 "2001-08-22T14:48:45Z")
[No one](http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/noone.html) is correct. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545/5 "2001-08-22T15:04:52Z")
Ahh, **pldennison**. My old nemesis. I get the impression you were kidding, but you do have a point. Could all instances when I’d normally use ‘no one’ (Thanks **navtechie & Perderabo** ) be changed to nobody? For instance- ‘No one is here’ could be changed to ‘nobody is here’. Likewise, ‘no one I know likes physics’ could be changed to ‘noboby I know likes physics’. I more confused now than I was before. Is using ‘no one’ _ever_ acceptable? (Grammer is the bane of my existance. This post alone has presented me with more damn questions than the original post. I hate grammatical rules and regulations- me no likey.) ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545/6 "2001-08-22T15:17:36Z")
There is the sentence “There is no one way to do this” but obviously, that’s a different meaning. I can’t think of any cases that retain the meaning where “no one” cannot be replaced easily with “nobody”. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545/7 "2001-08-22T16:15:26Z")
I know this. No one who knows anyone with a ‘Collins English Dictionary’ will doubt that someone using ‘no one’ can also use ‘no-one’ as an acceptable alternative. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-noone-no-one-knowone/77545/8 "2001-08-22T19:25:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > Grammer is the bane of my existance. What’s Kelsey ever done to you? (Music maestro, please) No one knows the trouble I seen…