What does 誰も do in this sentence, and is it needed?


「日本語で話し相手が誰もいませんでした。」

"I didn't have anyone to speak Japanese with."

I feel like 誰も is unnecessary. As far as I can tell, 「日本語で話し相手がいませんでした。」 has
every element needed to express the English above. What nuance is lost if you
cut out 誰も?




I feel like it’s a difference between “I didn’t have a partner to speak
Japanese with” and “I didn’t have anyone as partner to speak Japanese with”.
So 誰も and “anyone” emphasise the fact that there was really no-one.

