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I am looking for a general rule that shows how to compound a quantifier (every, any, each) with a noun (body, thing, box).

I observed that all of the words must be formed with a unspecific quantifier, the noun must be common or universal, and they together must express an undefined idea.
If we focus on the quantifier: the word "everything" (having an imprecise quantifier) can be used in sentences, but "eachthing" not.
Likewise, make the difference between "anyone" and "anyapple", or even "everydog".

In all of these cases, the whole word refers to a undefined thing from a general category.

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    There's everyman but no everydog or everycat or everybus or everycar (though I should probably trademark the last one, as it's a catchy name. I could sell it to VW. Their advertizing company would eat it up.). But you could certainly generate such names in a wordplay context by analogy, and they would be grammatical, just not universally recognized in the language. Why? The need for them is approaching zero. Commented Jun 17 at 12:41
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    And each isn't used in this way. Commented Jun 17 at 13:06
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    There isn't a general rule for this. It's just the case that some word combinations became so common that they fused into compounds. It's not just quantifiers; "housewife" probably started with "house" as a noun adjunct, but they eventually fused into a single word. Commented Jun 17 at 14:31
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    @DrMoishePippik I've always guessed it's beause "noone" looks like it should be pronounced like "noon". Commented Jun 17 at 15:27
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    And "nobody" is pronounced differently to "no body". Commented Jun 17 at 15:50

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In general, you don't compound quantifiers and nouns as described unless the compound is already a word in the language.

The process by which these compounds became one word is called univerbation, wherein fixed expressions evolved into one word over time. For example, 'every thing' evolved into 'everything' over time, and now 'everything' is a standard english word that you can use.

You don't, however, just combine any two words at will. You can say "nobody is hungry here" (nobody being a standard english word), but you cannot say "nodog is hungry here", you'd say "no dog is hungry here" because 'nodog' isn't a dictionary word.

Edit: Another important thing to note is that these univerbed compounds may not have the same meaning as the two composite words when taken separately. For example, "every man" roughly means "all adult males", eg. "every man must fight in the war". An "everyman", however, is a type of character (usually humble, ordinary, etc). For example you'd say "Ionesco's character Bérenger is an everyman" but you wouldn't say "Ionesco's character Bérenger is every man".

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