indefinite pronouns

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Indefinite Pronouns

An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific person or thing. Note that most personal pronouns take a singular verb, but some take a plural verb, and some take a singular or a plural verb.

Common Indefinite Pronouns

Singular

anybody	anyone	anything	each	either	everybody
everyone	everything	much	neither	nobody	none
no one	nothing	one	somebody	someone	something

Plural

both

few

many

several

Singular or Plural

all

any

more

most

some

examples of pronouns in sentences:

Everybody in this room is under twenty-five years old.
Feel free to do anything with that book.
One of us will be able to play the film tonight.
Are some of these for me?
Only few will come.
May I have some more?
There is nothing left.