INDEFINITE PRONOUN

Definition :

Indefinite Pronouns, which refer to persons or things in a general or indefinite way.

Pronoun that typically indicates an unspecified, even generic, person or thing. A pronoun or determiner with indefinite meaning; a quantifier. The indefinite pronouns and determiners are :

e.g

Pronouns
anybody	everybody	nobody	somebody
anyone	everyone	no one	someone
anything	everything	nothing	something

Determiners
alan	every	no

Both Pronouns and Determiners
any	either	fewest	least
much	some	all	enough
half	many	neither	both
(a) few	(a) little	more	one
each	fewer	less	most
several

Indefinite pronouns are divided into two categories:

(i) The Antecedent-Bearing Indefinite Pronoun . (ii) The Antecedentless Indefinite Pronouns.

Antecedent-Bearing Indefinite Pronoun
one

e.g: I like this house better than the other one.

Antecedent-Bearing Indefinite Pronoun
some	body
	how
	one
	thing
	where
any	body
	how
	one
	thing
	where

Indefinite Pronouns are listed here in three groups.

SINGULAR INDECATORS
anybody	anyone	anything
everybody	everyone	everything
somebody	someone	something
another	each	either
neither	nobody	nothing
none	one

The Plural Indicators are used with things that can be counted.

e.g.: All of the chairs are broken.

PLURAL INDECATORS
all	any	both
enough	few	more
none	plenty	several
some

The Portion Indicators are singular, and are used with things that cannot be counted.

e.g.: All of the water is pure.

PORTION INDECATORS
all	any	enough
less	little	more
much	plenty	none
some

Common e.g.

All are quite safe

Many were rescused from the flood

Some are born great

Few escaped unhurt

None of them was clever

I did not see any of them

Do good to others

One should love one’s neighbour

Much can be said on both sides

Little was known to him about the accident

Several of them stood up

Anybody can do this work

Everyone of you must attend the meeting

Everybody knows him very well

Nothing more was known about him

No one came to receive him

Someone should do this work

Somebody has stolen my watch

Something is better than nothing