Indefinite Pronouns with Examples
Indefinite Pronoun is the pronoun that refers to things or persons in a general way but not in particular.
We can use an indefinite pronoun as a countable noun or uncountable noun.
Indefinite Pronoun – list
We use some indefinite pronouns in our daily life. Here is a list of some common indefinite pronouns.
Have a look-
- any
- anybody
- anything
- everything
- all
- another
- anyone
- everyone
- some
- someone
- somebody
- several
- one
- none
- nobody
We use these to avoid the repetition of a noun.
Use of Indefinite Pronouns
We shall see the use of indefinite pronouns with the help of examples.
Most of these are either singular or plural.
We can use some of them as singular as well as plural.
The most common indefinite pronouns are used in the examples given below.
Keep in mind that we can use singular indefinite pronoun with a singular verb and plural indefinite pronoun with a plural agreement.
Let’s see some examples of the use of these words as singular, plural, and singular or plural.
♦ Indefinite pronouns used as a singular
In the following examples, we used indefinite pronouns as a singular.
These are in bold letters.
- They got everything that they lost in the journey.
- I should know if you learned anything yesterday.
- That is a textbook of maths, show me another.
- One was sketching while the other painted the picture.
- Is anybody there?
- Everybody was present for the meeting.
- Much has happened since we met.
- Nobody answered his question.
- Somebody must have told him about the train.
- Tell me something about global warming.
- Take whatever you want.
- Apply whichever is better.
♦ Indefinite pronouns used as a plural
As the use of these pronouns as singular, we can also use indefinite pronouns as a plural.
Here are some examples.
In the examples, we used these pronouns as a plural.
These are in bold letters.
Have a look-
- I like both tea and coffee.
- Many were present at that moment.
- Few didn’t understand that example.
- Several commuters preferred to travel by bus.
♦ Indefinite pronouns used as singular/ plural
We can also use these as singular and plural.
Singular and plural unspecified pronouns are in bold letters.
- Most have gained.
- Most are thrown.
- More are using this.
- There is more on the table.
- All are present.
- All are warned.
- Are any attending the class?
- Is anybody absent?
- None is absent today.
- None have attended the extra class of Maths.
We can also use most of these pronouns as Indefinite Numeral Adjectives.
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Pronouns-
• Personal Pronouns
• Possessive Pronouns
• Reflexive Pronouns
• Emphatic Pronouns
• Relative Pronouns
• Interrogative Pronouns
• Demonstrative Pronouns
• Distributive Pronouns
