Consider the following sentences:-
One hardly knows what to do. One cannot be too careful of one's good name. One must not boost of one's own success. None of his poems are well known. None but fools have ever believed it. All were drowned. Some are born great. Somebody has stolen my watch. Nobody was there to rescue the child. Few escaped unhurt. Many of them were soldiers. We didn't see any of them again. Do good to others. What is everybody's business is nobody's business. His words are in everyone's mouth.
All these Pronouns in italics refer to persons or things in a general way, but do not refer to any person or thing in particular. They are, therefore, called Indefinite Pronouns.
Most of these words may also be used as Adjectives; as,
I will take you there one day. Any fool can do that. He is a man of few words, etc.
One hardly knows what to do. One cannot be too careful of one's good name. One must not boost of one's own success. None of his poems are well known. None but fools have ever believed it. All were drowned. Some are born great. Somebody has stolen my watch. Nobody was there to rescue the child. Few escaped unhurt. Many of them were soldiers. We didn't see any of them again. Do good to others. What is everybody's business is nobody's business. His words are in everyone's mouth.
All these Pronouns in italics refer to persons or things in a general way, but do not refer to any person or thing in particular. They are, therefore, called Indefinite Pronouns.
Most of these words may also be used as Adjectives; as,
I will take you there one day. Any fool can do that. He is a man of few words, etc.
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