indefinite pronoun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of indefinite pronoun
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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In the sentence “Everybody has his own opinion,” the indefinite pronoun everybody needs a singular pronoun to refer to it.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Is the subject an indefinite pronoun, such as everyone?
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Quotes attributed to Jefferson that use contractions and "you" as an indefinite pronoun are usually fishy to Anna Berkes, research librarian at the Jefferson Library at Monticello.
From Time ● Sep. 22, 2017
This word as here used is an indefinite pronoun equivalent to one, or any one.
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
The latter is, however, no necessary part of the form, as it is dropped when the verb is governed by a noun, and can always be replaced by prefixing the indefinite pronoun.
From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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