THE INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
Definition: Those referring
to one or more unspecified objects, beings, or places, such as someone,
anybody, nothing. Notice in the examples below that there is no set position
for where an indefinite pronoun will appear in a sentence.
Indefinite pronoun examples:
Anyone / Anybody
Indefinite pronoun examples:
Anyone / Anybody
Anything
Anything
Anywhere
Somebody / Someone
Somebody / Someone
Something
Somewhere
No one / Nobody
Nothing
Nowhere
Whichever
Whoever
Other
Something
Nobody
Whichever
Whoever
Other
Something
Nobody
The Indefinite
pronoun examples in the following sentences are in bold for easy
identification.
For example:
Would anyone like a coffee?
Take whatever you like. Jamie took one cookie and
Ben took the other.
Whoever owns this is in
big trouble! I want someone to move
this now.
Indefinite
pronouns can also be used to create sentences that are almost abstract.
Examples could include: this, all, such and something.
For example:
All
was not lost.
Such is life.
Something tells me this won’t end
well.
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