Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

We use indefinite pronouns to refer to people, things or places without saying exactly who or what they are.

Compare:

anybody

anything

anywhere

everybody

everything

everywhere

nobody

nothing

nowhere

somebody

something

somewhere

 

Note:
anyone = anybody
everyone = everybody
no one = nobody
someone = somebody

No one is written as two words.

When an indefinite pronoun is the subject it is followed by a singular verb.

Indefinite pronouns are singular, but to refer back to them we use plural pronouns, e.g. they, their, themselves, etc.