English Grammar for International Studies - first edition 2010
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27 Indefinite pronouns (2)
A
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2, 3, 4
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1 and 3
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1 and 2
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1, 2, 3
B
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none
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neither
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none
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neither
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neither
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none
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neither
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none
C
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They expect
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People say
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One/You
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they speak
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One needs/You need
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They say
D
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one/you
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they
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people
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you/one
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they
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you; you
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people/they
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one
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one/you
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people
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they
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one/you
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one/you
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they
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one/you
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they
E
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anything
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anyone
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anything
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anything
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anything
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anybody
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anything
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anybody
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anything
F
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It is said that the company has lost a lot of money./ The company is said to have lost a lot of money.
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It is hoped that the patient will soon recover.
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It is expected that the exhibition will attract thousands of visitors./ The exhibition is expected to attract thousands of visitors.
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It is feared that the kidnapped journalist is dead./The kidnapped journalist is feared to be dead.
G
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any vacancies: In a negative sentence not … any is used.
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hardly any: After ‘hardly’ you use ‘any’
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they say: They is used when the speaker is excluded.
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none of them: none of is used when more than two persons are referred to.
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correct
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neither of the two witnesses/Neither witness: neither (of) is used when two people are referred to.
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They are going: They is used when the speaker is excluded.
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anybody: Anybody is used in a In a clause of condition.
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people buy: People is used when the speaker is excluded and when no specific group is referred to. (They refers to a specific group)
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correct
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one’s taxes: Because the subject is one, the possessive pronoun one’s should be used.
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trust anybody/anyone: In a negative sentence, not … anybody/anyone is used.
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anything else: In questions we use anything when the speaker is uncertain about whether the answer is ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
H
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have been
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any
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some
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staying
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any
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totally
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some