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Chapter 6 of Basic Grammar and Usage: Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects
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Ch apt er 6 (From Basic Grammar and Usage )
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Page 1: Grammar: Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects

C h a p t e r 6(From Basic Grammar and Usage)

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she

it

SPECIFIC definite persons, places, or things.

they

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NOT specific or definite

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The Things:

EverythingAnythingSomethingNothing

The Ones:

Everyone

Anyone

Someone

No one

Each one

The Bodys:

Everybody

Anybody

Somebody

Nobody

Also…EACH, EITHER, NEITHER are singular

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How much? ------ SINGULAR “Most, some, all”

Most of the steak is rotten. (How much?)

Some of the pie is missing.

All of the bread is stale. How many? -------- PLURAL

“Most, some, all” Most of the marbles are missing.

Some of the players were late.

All of the items go to us.

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MOST of the ____________ gone!

ALL of the ________ here.


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