English Grammar for International Studies - first edition 2010
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26 Indefinite pronouns (1)
A
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any
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some
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some
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any
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any
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any
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some
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some
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any
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some
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any
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any
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some
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any
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any
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some
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any
B
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each/every
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each
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any
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any
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any
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every
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any
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each
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every/each
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any
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each
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every/each
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any
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each/every
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any
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each
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any
C
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anything
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everything
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anything
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anybody
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somebody
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all
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somebody
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everybody
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anyone
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all
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anybody
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all
D
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everything
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anything
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any
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anybody/anyone
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each
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any
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any
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any
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any
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every
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any
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some
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every
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anyone/anybody
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each
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any
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any; any
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some
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anything
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any
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some
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anything
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each
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anything
E
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any e-mails: In questions, we use any when we do not know whether the answer will be ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
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any questions: In a clause of condition we use any.
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correct
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anyone/anybody: In questions we use anybody/anyone when the speaker is uncertain about whether the answer is ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
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his or her passport; his/her passport; their passport: When each and every refer to persons who can either be male or female we use he/she; he or she or their.
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any stamps: In questions, we use any when we do not know whether the answer will be ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
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any day: Any is used when the meaning is ‘it doesn’t matter which’.
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anything: Anything is used when the meaning is ‘no matter what’.
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every: We use each when we think of things/persons separately, one by one. Every is more common when we think of things/persons together as a group.
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any number: Any is used when the meaning is ‘it doesn’t matter which’.
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correct
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all: When the meaning is ‘the only thing’, all must be used.
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correct
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some: When we expect people to answer ‘yes’, we use some.
G
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any
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anyone/anybody
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any; any; any
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any