Definite And Indefinite
Pronoun
Pronoun
Definition
Of Definite Pronoun
A
Pronoun is a word which is used instead of a
noun when the noun has already been mentioned. Such as "he",
"she" "it" . Definite pronoun does
refer to any specific
person, thing or
amount. It is vague and definite".
Example
:
Ø
The table is green and it has a leg missing".
"it" is the pronoun used instead of
saying "the table is green and the table has a leg missing".
Definition Of Indefinite Pronoun
An indefinite pronoun
does not refer to
any specific
person, thing or
amount.
It is vague and "not definite".
Some Typical Indefinite Pronouns Are:
• All,
• Another,
• Any,
• Anybody / Anyone,
• Anything,
• Each,
• Everybody / Everyone,
• Everything,
• Few,
• Many,
• Nobody,
• None,
• One,
• Several,
• Some,
• Somebody / Someone.
ALL
The whole quantity of
something or of some things or people.
Example :
v All is
forgiven.
v All have
arrived.
ANOTHER
An additional or
different person or thing.
Example :
v That
ice-cream was good.
Can I
have another?
ANY
No matter how much or how
many.
Example :
v Is any left?
ANYONE
No
matter what person. Example :
v Can anyone answer
this question?
ANYTHING
No matter what thing.
Example :
v
The doctor needs to know if you have eaten anything
in the
last two hours.
EACH
Every one of two or more
people or things, seen separately.
Example :
v Each has
his own thoughts.
EVERYBODY/AVERYONE
All people.
Example :
v We can
start the meeting because everybody/averyone has arrived.
EVERYTHING
All things.
Example :
v They
have no house or possessions. They lost everything in the earthquake.
FEW
A small number of people
or things.
Example :
v Few have
ever disobeyed him and lived.
MANY
A large number of people
or things.
Example :
v Many have
come already.
NO BODY
No person.
Example :
v phoned
many times but nobody answered.
NONE
Not any; no person or
persons.
Example :
v I
invited five friends but none have come.
ONE
An unidentified person.
Example :
v All
the students arrived but now one is missing.
SEVERAL
More than two but not
many.
Example :
v They
all complained and several left the meeting.
SOME
An unspecified quantity
of something; an unspecified number of people or things.
Example :
v Here
is some.
v Some have
arrived.
SOMEBODY/SOMEONE
An unspecified or unknown
person.
Example :
v Clearly somebody
murdered him.It was not suicide.
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