Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person or thing.
Indefinite pronouns include quantifiers (some, any, enough, several, many, much); universals (all, both, every, each); and partitives(any, anyone, anybody, either, neither, no, nobody, some, someone). Many of the indefinite pronouns can function as determiners.
Examples: * "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. * No one wants to hear about my sciatica." Rules
Using Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns are words which replace nouns without specifying which noun they replace.
* Singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something. * Plural: both, few, many, others, several. * Singular or Plural: all, any, more most, none, some.
Singular indefinite pronouns take singular verbs or singular personal pronouns. Examples:
* Each of the members has one vote. (Each is singular taking a singular verb.) * One of the girls gave up her seat. (One is singular, taking the singular possessive her.)
Plural indefinite pronouns take plural verbs or plural personal pronouns.
* A few of the justices were voicing their opposition. (Few is plural taking the plural verb and the plural possessive their.)
For indefinite pronouns that can be singular or plural, it depends on what the indefinite pronoun refers to.
* All of the people clapped their hands. (All refers to people, a plural noun, taking the plural possessive their.) * All of the newspaper was soaked. (All refers to one newspaper taking the singular
A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person or thing.
Indefinite pronouns include quantifiers (some, any, enough, several, many, much); universals (all, both, every, each); and partitives(any, anyone, anybody, either, neither, no, nobody, some, someone). Many of the indefinite pronouns can function as determiners.
Examples: * "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. * No one wants to hear about my sciatica." Rules
Using Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns are words which replace nouns without specifying which noun they replace.
* Singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something. * Plural: both, few, many, others, several. * Singular or Plural: all, any, more most, none, some.
Singular indefinite pronouns take singular verbs or singular personal pronouns. Examples:
* Each of the members has one vote. (Each is singular taking a singular verb.) * One of the girls gave up her seat. (One is singular, taking the singular possessive her.)
Plural indefinite pronouns take plural verbs or plural personal pronouns.
* A few of the justices were voicing their opposition. (Few is plural taking the plural verb and the plural possessive their.)
For indefinite pronouns that can be singular or plural, it depends on what the indefinite pronoun refers to.
* All of the people clapped their hands. (All refers to people, a plural noun, taking the plural possessive their.) * All of the newspaper was soaked. (All refers to one newspaper taking the singular