Aliquis vs. Quisquam

Was anyone else confused by A&G’s explanation of the difference between aliquis and quisquam? It goes something like this:


Iustitia numquam nocet cuiquam. Justice never does harm to anybody.
[alicui would mean > to somebody who possesses it> .]



That is more or less the extent to which he explains their differences. (i.e., that is his best explanation of the few.)

quisquam is used in negative statements and also in senteces with a negative connotation.

In your example cuiquam is used, cause it’s a negative sentence (cf. numquam).

Thank you; however, that information would have been useful about a three days ago! Just joking. (Though, I had already come to that knowledge.) :wink:

In all seriousness: thank you for your help. :slight_smile: