Indefinite Pronouns – Rules to Remember

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Indefinite pronouns refer to unnamed or unknown people or things. They take the place of nouns and can serve as the subject of a sentence.

Rule: Compound words beginning with “any” are indefinite pronouns.

  • Which animal is the most generous?

          . . . the skunk . . . it’ll give anybody a scent.        

  • What keys can’t fit anyone’s door lock?

          . . . the Florida Keys

  • Which vegetable has eyes but can't see anything?

          . . . a potato

  • Where does an 800-pound gorilla sit?

          . . . Anywhere it wants to!

 

Rule: Compound words beginning with “every” are indefinite pronouns.

  • Why do fences often surround cemeteries?

          . . . because everybody is dying to get in

  • Girl: “Guess who I saw yesterday!”

          Boy: “Everyone you looked at.”

  • How does a rooster keep his feathers so nicely groomed?

          . . . He carries his comb everywhere he goes.

 

 

Rule: Compound words beginning with “no” are indefinite pronouns.

 

  • Why it is so hard to find a store that sells alligator shoes?

          . . . Nobody wants to wait on alligators.

  • What’s the most elusive thing in the world?

. . .A shadow. No one has ever caught one.

Note: “no one” is always two words.

 

Rule: Compound words beginning with “some” are indefinite pronouns.

  • What is a lumberjack?

           . . . Something used to lift up a flat tree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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