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This document provides definitions and examples for various pronouns in English. It categorizes pronouns as singular, plural, or usable for both singular and plural. Definitions include personal pronouns like "anyone", indefinite pronouns like "something", quantifiers like "few", and possessive pronouns like "their". Examples illustrate the meaning and usage of each pronoun.

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This document provides definitions and examples for various pronouns in English. It categorizes pronouns as singular, plural, or usable for both singular and plural. Definitions include personal pronouns like "anyone", indefinite pronouns like "something", quantifiers like "few", and possessive pronouns like "their". Examples illustrate the meaning and usage of each pronoun.

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pronoun meaning example

singular

an additional or different That ice-cream was good. Can


another
person or thing I have another?

Can anyone answer this


anybody/anyone no matter what person
question?

The doctor needs to know if


anything no matter what thing you have eaten anything in
the last two hours.

every one of two or more


each people or things, seen Each has his own thoughts.
separately

Do you want tea or coffee? / I


one or the other of two people
either don't mind. Either is good for
or things
me.

enough as much or as many as needed Enough is enough.

We can start the meeting


everybody/everyone all people because everybody has
arrived.

They have no house or


everything all things possessions. They lost
everything in the earthquake.

"Less is more" (Mies van der


less a smaller amount
Rohe)

Little is known about his early


little a small amount
life.

Much has happend since we


much a large amount
met.

not one and not the other of two I keep telling Jack and Jill but
neither
people or things neither believes me.

I phoned many times but


nobody/no-one no person
nobody answered.

If you don't know the answer


nothing no single thing, not anything
it's best to say nothing.

one an unidentified person Can one smoke here? | All the


students arrived but now one
is missing.

a different person or thing from One was tall and the other
other
one already mentioned was short.

an unspecified or unknown Clearly somebody murdered


somebody/someone
person him. It was not suicide.

an unspecified or unknown Listen! I just heard


something
thing something! What could it be?

an unidentified person
you And you can see why.
(informal)

plural

two people or things, seen John likes coffee but not tea. I
both
together think both are good.

a small number of people or Few have ever disobeyed him


few
things and lived.

a reduced number of people or Fewer are smoking these


fewer
things days.

a large number of people or


many Many have come already.
things

I'm sure that others have tried


others other people; not us
before us.

They all complained and


several more than two but not many
several left the meeting.

They say that vegetables are


they people in general (informal)
good for you.

singular or plural

the whole quantity of


All is forgiven.
all something or of some things or
All have arrived.
people

no matter how much or how Is any left?


any
many Are any coming?

a greater quantity of something;


There is more over there.
more a greater number of people or
More are coming.
things
Most is lost.
most the majority; nearly all
Most have refused.

They fixed the water so why is


none coming out of the tap?
none not any; no person or persons
I invited five friends but none
have come.*

an unspecified quantity of
Here is some.
some something; an unspecified
Some have arrived.
number of people or things

He was a foreigner and he felt


such of the type already mentioned
that he was treated as such.

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