Prefixes for Indefinite Pronouns: any/some/every/no-

Grammar - Determiners

For plural nouns and uncountable nouns, we use any for questions and negative statements, and we use some for positive statements.

• QUESTION ? /NEGATIVE ⧿ : any + NOUN
• Have you got any glasses?
• No, I haven't got any glasses.
• POSITIVE ⧾: some + NOUN
• Have you got any cups?
• Yes, I've got some cups.

Grammar - Indefinite Pronouns

We can also use some- and any- as prefixes to form indefinite pronouns.

We use -thing for nouns and activities.

We use -one and -body for people.

We use -where for places.

• some-/any- + -thing/-one/-body/-where
• QUESTION:
• anything/anyone/anybody/anywhere
• NEGATIVE:
• anything/anyone/anybody/anywhere
• Did you buy anything?
• No, I didn't buy anything.
• POSITIVE:
• something/someone
• somebody/somewhere
• I bought something.

Grammar - Indefinite Pronouns

We can also use every- and no- as prefixes to form indefinite pronouns.

We can also use indefinite pronouns as subjects.

• every-/no- + -thing/-one/-body/-where
• POSITIVE:
• everything/everyone
• everybody/everywhere
• I liked everything in the shop.
• NEGATIVE:
• nothing/no one/nobody/nowhere
• Nothing in the shop was cheap.