Indefinite pronouns are used in place of nouns for people, things, or amounts that are unknown or unnamed.
The indefinite pronouns are: all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, enough, everybody, everyone, everything, few, fewer, less, little, many, more, most, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, none, one, other, others, several, some, somebody, someone, something, such, and they (people in general).
Example sentences:
You may have some. There is more in the kitchen.
I can't decide between the lilacs or the tulips. Both are beautiful.
Everyone has left the building but a few are still waiting to be picked-up.
In the example sentence, 'Nobody' is an indefinite pronoun.
The pronoun is all, an indefinite pronoun which take the place of the noun for the specific number of students.The word both is also an indefinite pronoun which takes the place of a compound antecedent of two people or things, probably in the sentence before this one.
The subject of the sentence is the indefinite pronoun 'everyone', a word that represents an unknown or unnamed number of people.
The antecedent of the possessive adjective 'their' is the subject pronoun everyone.There is no antecedent for the indefinite pronoun 'everyone', a word that takes the place of a noun (nouns) for all of the people spoken to.
The indefinite pronoun is one.Which = interrogative pronounthese = demonstrative pronoun
When an indefinite pronoun is the subject of a sentence, it may or may not be the first word in the sentence.Examples:Everything I have is yours. (the indefinite pronoun 'everything' is the subject of the sentence)When I finished, everything in the kitchen sparkled. (the indefinite pronoun 'everything' is the subject of the sentence, preceded by the adverbial clause 'when I finished'.
In the example sentence, 'Nobody' is an indefinite pronoun.
The indefinite pronoun is anyone, a word for any person of those spoken to.The antecedent of the relative pronoun 'who' is the indefinite pronoun anyone.The antecedent of the possessive adjective 'their' is the indefinite pronoun anyone.The antecedent of the personal pronoun 'it' is the noun copy.The indefinite pronoun 'anyone' has no antecedent in the sentence.
The indefinite pronoun in the sentence is anyone.
The indefinite pronoun in this sentence is "everyone." It is used to refer to an unspecified group of people who are credited with the success of the project.
The pronouns in the sentence are it and nobody.The pronoun 'it' is a personal pronoun.The pronoun 'nobody' is an indefinite pronoun.
The antecedent for the relative pronoun 'who' is everyone, an indefinite pronoun.
The pronoun is all, an indefinite pronoun which take the place of the noun for the specific number of students.The word both is also an indefinite pronoun which takes the place of a compound antecedent of two people or things, probably in the sentence before this one.
An antecedent is the noun or pronoun that a pronoun replaces.In the example sentence, the indefinite pronoun anybody is the antecedent of the indefinite pronoun they.Note: When the pronoun 'they' is used to represent people in general, it is an indefinite pronoun. When the pronoun 'they' takes the place of a plural noun or two or more nouns for specific people or things, it is a personal pronoun.
The indefinite pronoun in the sentence is anyone, which takes the place of a noun for a specific person or persons.
The indefinite pronoun in the sentence is anyone.The indefinite pronoun has no antecedent in the sentence, it is a word for any person of those spoken to.Neither the group nor the individuals spoken to are specifically named.
Example sentence: Everything is hers, nothing is mine.