In.Prepositiongoverning the objective case: The anger was welling up in them.” In order. A subordinating conjunction, indicating a purpose. Indefinite.Pronounsthat do not refer to speci c persons or numbers are said to be inde nite: None of them is here The inde nite pronouns are all “another,” “anybody,” anyone anything both “each,” either everyone “everything,” “few,” most “neither,” nobody “none,” no one “nothing,” “one,” “other,” “some,” somebody someone and “something.” Their use is fairly straightforward except for the complexity of deciding whether they are singular or plural. The example above treats none as a singular inde nite and suggests that the writer thinks of the group of them as individuals, not one of whom is present. It would be correct to write None of them are here suggesting that them is a group of more than one individual conceived of plurally. It can be argued that when none refers to a group of things that are readily divisible into individuals, it should agree with plural verbs (see agreement). This is a good rule of thumb to follow, particularly when there is some doubt in your mind—check the antecedent or thing referred to by the inde nite pronoun and choose singular or plural appropriately. But all the inde nites in the following list are unclear in their number and can be used as you see tall any enough more “most,” “none,” and “some.” The same rule and variation holds for pronouns that refer to inde nite pronouns: “Enough of the paint remains to use it on the barn Here enough refers to a singular quantity of paint and therefore governs the subsequent singular pronoun But: Enough of the pigs remain to make them into many hams Here enough is plural because it refers to pigs it therefore requires a plural referent pronoun —“them.” You should take care not only with agreement and antecedents of inde nite pronouns but with their overuse. If you can put a numberor quantity to something, don’t say some or a few Obviously, there are times when things are not certain, and inde nites express the lack of counts or amounts. But the presence of many inde nites in your writing might signal a failure to nd out how many whatevers are being talked about. And too many whatevers might leave your reader with too many doubts about what you are writing about.
