pronoun
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meaning
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example
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singular
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another
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an additional or different person or thing
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That ice-cream was good. Can I haveanother?
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anybody/anyone
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no matter what person
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Can anyone answer this question?
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anything
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no matter what thing
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The doctor needs to know if you have eaten anything in the last two hours.
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each
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every one of two or more people or things, seen separately
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Each has his own thoughts.
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either
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one or the other of two people or things
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Do you want tea or coffee? / I don't mind. Either is good for me.
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enough
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as much or as many as needed
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Enough is enough.
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everybody/everyone
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all people
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We can start the meeting becauseeverybody has arrived.
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everything
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all things
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They have no house or possessions. They lost everything in the earthquake.
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less
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a smaller amount
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"Less is more" (Mies van der Rohe)
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little
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a small amount
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Little is known about his early life.
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much
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a large amount
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Much has happend since we met.
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neither
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not one and not the other of two people or things
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I keep telling Jack and Jill but neitherbelieves me.
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nobody/no-one
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no person
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I phoned many times but nobodyanswered.
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nothing
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no single thing, not anything
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If you don't know the answer it's best to say nothing.
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one
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an unidentified person
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Can one smoke here? | All the students arrived but now one is missing.
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other
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a different person or thing from one already mentioned
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One was tall and the other was short.
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somebody/someone
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an unspecified or unknown person
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Clearly somebody murdered him. It was not suicide.
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something
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an unspecified or unknown thing
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Listen! I just heard something! What could it be?
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you
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an unidentified person (informal)
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And you can see why.
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plural
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both
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two people or things, seen together
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John likes coffee but not tea. I thinkboth are good.
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few
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a small number of people or things
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Few have ever disobeyed him and lived.
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fewer
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a reduced number of people or things
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Fewer are smoking these days.
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many
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a large number of people or things
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Many have come already.
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others
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other people; not us
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I'm sure that others have tried before us.
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several
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more than two but not many
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They all complained and several left the meeting.
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they
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people in general (informal)
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They say that vegetables are good for you.
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singular or plural
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all
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the whole quantity of something or of some things or people
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All is forgiven.
All have arrived.
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any
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no matter how much or how many
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Is any left?
Are any coming?
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more
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a greater quantity of something; a greater number of people or things
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There is more over there.
More are coming.
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most
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the majority; nearly all
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Most is lost.
Most have refused.
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none
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not any; no person or persons
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They fixed the water so why is nonecoming out of the tap?
I invited five friends but none have come.*
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some
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an unspecified quantity of something; an unspecified number of people or things
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Here is some.
Some have arrived.
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such
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of the type already mentioned
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He was a foreigner and he felt that he was treated as such.
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