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第三章代词(二)（The third chapter, pronoun (two)） Chapter III pronouns (II) VI. Indefinite pronouns Indefinite pronouns refer to those pronouns that represent people or things more generally. 1. Types and uses of indefinite pronouns There are two kinds of indefinite pronouns: affirmation and negation. Certain indefinite pronouns are: both, all, many, much, one, the other, every, each, the other, another, a few, a little,), some (someone, somebody, something), any (anyone, Anybo dy, anything), every (everyone, Everybody, everything). Negative indefinite pronouns are: no, neither, none; Nobody, nothing. Note: The positive and negative forms of indefinite pronouns have corresponding relations with each other. All, everybody--no, nobody, none; both, Either--neither; everything--nothing; Some--none, no; Somebody, someone--no one, nobody, none. Something--nothing Indefinite pronouns can be subject, predicative, object and attributive in a sentence. ① as a subject: Does anybody want to go swimming with me? Would anyone like to go swimming with me? In this class some like 中文版, others like science. In this class, some people like English and others like science courses. ② as a predicative: is a can do a for me? Is that all you can do for me? The s for today. Its up here today. ③ As Object: I have nothing to doing today. Im okay today. We know little about the ocean. We know nothing about the sea. ④ as attributive: Does your have any difficulties to work on the problem? Do you have any difficulty in solving this problem? There s too much noise outside. The street outside is too noisy. 2. All, both, none, neither,) ①all a person or thing or thing that is more than three or more persons. It can be used as subject, predicative, object, and in the sentence. All the affirmative. All is here in the meeting. All the people present at the meeting arrived. (subject) We like to hiking in the mountain. We all like to climb mountains. (in the same language) It s all she told me about herself.