Choose the most appropriate word to complete the sentence : The committee insisted that __________ who had not submitted the revised report should refrain from attending the final review meeting.
anybody
The clause describes a condition ('who had not submitted the revised report') applying broadly to any person meeting that condition, so an indefinite pronoun like 'anybody' is required.
'Anybody' fits naturally with the relative clause and the instruction that such a person 'should refrain,' meaning every person in that category is being addressed.
'Anybody else' wrongly implies exclusion of someone already mentioned, 'somebody' is too specific for a general rule, and 'nobody' would contradict the sense since it would mean no one should refrain, which reverses the intended meaning.
Therefore, the most appropriate word is 'anybody.'
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