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Usage of "admit" | is it necessary to use "there are"?
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role of anyone #1 (permalink) Tue Jun 10, 2008 21:23 pm   role of anyone		  
Hi,

I read the following sentence in a book. My question is about the role of ‘anyone’ in the following sentence. I know that ‘having to report the change at the bank’ is a gerund phrase and ‘without’ is a preposition, but I don’t understand the function of ‘anyone’ in the construction.

‘If Jones buys a hi-fi set from Brown, the bank note changes hands without anyone having to report the change at the bank, since the bank is liable to the noteholder
in any case.'
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role of anyone #2 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:59 am   role of anyone		  
without anyone having to report the change at the bank = without anyone who has to report the change at the bank
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role of anyone #3 (permalink) Wed Jun 11, 2008 18:38 pm   role of anyone		  
Haihao wrote:
without anyone having to report the change at the bank = without anyone who has to report the change at the bank

Not exactly.

without anyone having to report the change at the bank = and no one has to report the change at the bank
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role of anyone #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:03 am   role of anyone		  
Jamie (K) wrote:
without anyone having to report the change at the bank = and no one has to report the change at the bank

Oh that's precise. Thank you! Now I understand it = and nobody needs to report the change at the bank (at the same time).
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