Question

 Решите пожалуйста! Автор сделал несколько ошибок в этом рассказе. Помогите ему найти их. Обратите внимание на формы с -thing и -body. Steve comes back home at 5. He doesn't use his keys because there's always something at home. To-night when he comes nothing opens the door. There's nobody in. «What's the matter?» — he thinks. — «Anything has happened». Steve begins knocking at the door with his fists and then listens. He hears nobody. Then he sees anybody at the door. It's the note. He reads: «Nobody wants to speak to you. We'll ring you up». Steve remembers about his keys, opens the door and runs in. There's anything unusual in the room...

Answer 1

Something at - someone at
Tonight when he came home nobody opened the door.
He thinks - he thought
Anything could happened
Begins - began
Listens - listen
He heard nobody
He saw something at the door
He read
Anything - nothing

Answer 2

Steve comes back home at 5. He doesn't use his keys because there's always somebody at home. Tonight when he comes nobody opens the door. There's nobody in. «What's the matter?» — he thinks. — «Something has happened». Steve begins knocking at the door with his fists and then listens. He hears nobody. Then he sees something at the door. It's a note. He reads: «Somebody wants to speak to you. We'll ring you up». Steve remembers about his keys, opens the door and runs in. There's something unusual in the room...

В последнем предложении вместо something может быть и nothing - в зависимости от смысла ("Кое-что странное в комнате..." или "Ничего необычного в комнате...") - нужно знать, что там происходило дальше.

Answer 3

There are several mistakes in this story, particularly in the use of "-thing" and "-body" forms:

1. Instead of "anything," the correct word should be "something" in the sentence: "What's the matter? - he thinks. - Anything has happened."
2. In the sentence "To-night when he comes nothing opens the door," the correct word should be "nobody" instead of "nothing."
3. In the sentence "Then he sees anybody at the door," the correct word should be "nobody" instead of "anybody."
4. In the sentence "There's anything unusual in the room...," the correct word should be "nothing" instead of "anything."

Here is the corrected version of the story:

Steve comes back home at 5. He doesn't use his keys because there's always something at home. Tonight when he comes, nobody opens the door. There's nobody in. "What's the matter?" he thinks. "Something has happened." Steve begins knocking at the door with his fists and then listens. He hears nobody. Then he sees nobody at the door. It's a note. He reads: "Nobody wants to speak to you. We'll ring you up." Steve remembers about his keys, opens the door and runs in. There's nothing unusual in the room...