indefinite pronoun

Two indefinite pronouns can sometimes be used in combination together.

See the table below for some expressions using indefinite pronouns.

Indefinite pronouns refer to general categories of people or things.

Question words can also be used as indefinite pronouns.

Example sentences in which the word functions as an indefinite pronoun are given.

Some of the English indefinite pronouns above have possessive forms.

The topic under discussion can form any number of sentences beginning with the indefinite pronoun "every."

Grammatically, the word "nothing" is an indefinite pronoun, which means that it refers to something.

Instead, it grants the one pre-nominal element the status of an indefinite pronoun.

It is a gender-neutral, indefinite pronoun, meaning roughly "a person".

There are many indefinite pronouns, but only a limited number of negative pronouns.

Most indefinite pronouns are either singular or plural.

This article, however, concerns the use of one as an indefinite pronoun as described in the previous paragraph.

For some reason Shassad always referred to corpses by the indefinite pronoun.

Otherwise, articles and indefinite pronouns are mutually exclusive.

Many examples are listed at Indefinite pronoun.

It can also be used as an indefinite pronoun, not qualifying a noun at all (Give me some!)

A more formal equivalent is the indefinite pronoun one (reflexive oneself, possessive one's).

Some indefinite adjectives are often perceived as indefinite pronouns.

(2) It often serves as an indefinite pronoun ("one" or "someone").

The indefinite pronoun refers to an unknown or deliberately untold person or object.

A similar, apparently arbitrary gender assignment may need to be made in the case of indefinite pronouns, where the referent is generally unknown.

The pronoun you (and its other forms) can be used as a generic or indefinite pronoun, referring to a person in general.

As in other Romance languages, there is also an impersonal passive construction, with the agent replaced by an indefinite pronoun.