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I think you can say anyone, my teacher says no and insists on anybody and my sister, an almost English major says it's someone. This was an exercise that you had to complete a sentence with an indefinite pronoun or an adverb.

Can ______ help me prepare lunch?

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Cambridge Dictionaries say:

Anyone and anybody have no difference in meaning. Anybody is a little less formal than anyone. Anyone is used more in writing than anybody.

To me, anyone seems natural in the context of your request for help because it suggests 'any one of you'.

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