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An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to non-specific beings, objects, or places. Indefinite pronouns can represent either count nouns or noncount nouns and include a number of sub-categories: universal (such as ''everyone'', ''everything''), assertive existential (such as ''somebody'', ''something''), elective existential (such as ''anyone'', ''anything''), and negative (such as ''nobody'', ''nothing''). They are associated with indefinite determiners (sometimes called indefinite adjectives) of a similar (or identical) form (such as ''every'', ''any'', ''all'', ''some''). A pronoun can be thought of as ''replacing'' a noun phrase, while a determiner ''introduces'' a noun phrase and precedes any adjectives that modify the noun. Thus ''all'' is an indefinite determiner in "all good boys deserve favour" but a pronoun in "all are happy". ==List of English indefinite pronouns== Note that many of these words can function as other parts of speech too, depending on context. For example, in ''many disagree with his views'' the word "many" functions as an indefinite pronoun, while in ''many people disagree with his views'' it functions as a quantifier (a type of determiner) that qualifies the noun "people". Example sentences in which the word functions as an indefinite pronoun are given. Most indefinite pronouns are either singular or plural. However, some of them can be singular in one context and plural in another. The most common indefinite pronouns are listed below, with examples, as singular, plural or singular/plural. Notice that a singular pronoun takes a singular verb AND that any personal pronoun should also agree (in number and gender). Look at these examples: *''Each of the players has a doctor.'' *''I met two girls. One has given me her phone number.'' Similarly, plural pronouns need plural agreement: *''Many have expressed their views.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「indefinite pronoun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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