Pronoun without a definite referent
An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun which does not have a specific, familiar referent. Indefinite pronouns are in contrast to definite pronouns.
Indefinite pronouns can represent either count nouns or noncount nouns. They often have related forms across these categories: universal (such as "everyone", "everything"), assertive existential (such as "somebody", "something"), elective existential (such as "anyone", "anything"), and negative (such as "nobody", "nothing").
Many languages distinguish forms of indefinites used in affirmative contexts from those used in non-affirmative contexts. For instance, English "something" can be used only in affirmative contexts while "anything" is used otherwise.
Indefinite pronouns are associated with indefinite determiners of a similar or identical form (such as "every", "any", "all", "some"). A pronoun can be thought of as "replacing" a noun phrase, while a determiner "introduces" a noun phrase and precedes any adjectives that modify the noun. Thus, "all" is an indefinite determiner in "all good boys deserve favour" but a pronoun in "all are happy".
Table of English indefinite pronoun usage.
Most indefinite pronouns correspond to discretely singular or plural usage. However, some of them can entail singularity in one context and plurality in another. Pronouns that commonly connote indefiniteness are indicated below, with examples as singular, plural, or singular/plural usage.
List of quantifier pronouns.
English has the following quantifier pronouns:
Possessive forms.
Some of the English indefinite pronouns above have possessive forms. These are made as for nouns, by adding " 's" or just an apostrophe following a plural "-s" (see English possessive).
The most commonly encountered possessive forms of the above pronouns are:
Most of these forms are identical to a form representing the pronoun plus "-'s" as a contraction of "is" or "has". Hence, "someone's" may also mean "someone is" or "someone has", as well as serving as a possessive.
Compound indefinite pronouns.
Two indefinite pronouns can sometimes be used in combination together.
Examples: We should respect "each other". People should love "one another".
And they can also be made possessive by adding an apostrophe and "s".
Examples: We should respect "each other's" beliefs. We were checking "each other's" work.
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