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 The car stopped right in front of the dog and him.
+=== indefinite pronouns ===
+* refer to a person, thing, amount, etc. in general (''any, none, some'') or to all of something (''all, both, each'')
+* indefinite pronouns can be singular or plural, depending on wether they refer to one or many/all of something
+* the high school admissions test may include subject-verb mismatch when using indefinite pronouns
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Singular Indefinite Pronouns
+! colspan="4" |third person singular conjugation = ''"s"'' as in ''it goes, it is, it seems''
+|-
+!indefinite pronoun
+!as pronoun
+!with preposition
+!as determiner
+|-
+|anyone / anything
+|''anything will do''
+|''n/a''
+|''n/a''
+|-
+|''each''
+|''each goes well''
+|''each of them goes well''
+|''each dress is pretty''
+|-
+|''either''
+|''either works''
+|''either of them works''
+|''either choice will do''
+|-
+|''every / everyone / everything''
+|''everyone wants some''
+|''everyone of them wants some''
+|''every child loves candy''
+|-
+|''much''
+|''much is missing''
+|''much of that is gone''
+|''much fun was had''
+|-
+|''neither''
+|''neither agrees''
+|''neither of them agrees''
+|''neither witness agrees''
+|-
+|''no one''
+|''no one feels''
+|''n/a''
+|''n/a''
+|-
+|''nothing''
+|''nothing is good''
+|''n/a''
+|''n/a''
+|-
+|''one / someone''
+|''one wants''
+|''one of them wants''
+|''one boy wants''
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Plural Indefinite Pronouns
+! colspan="4" |third person plural conjugation = ''they are, they go, they believe (no "s")''
+|-
+!indefinite pronoun
+!pronoun example
+!with preposition
+!as determiner
+|-
+|all
+|all are fine
+|all of them are fine
+|all choices work
+|-
+|both
+|''both are fine''
+|both of them are fine
+|both choices work
+|-
+|few
+|''few go there''
+|few of them go
+|few people go
+|-
+|many
+|''many are the brave''
+|many of them are
+|many people are
+|-
+|others
+|''others know enough''
+|o
+|
+|-
+|several
+|several are bringing lunch
+|
+|
+|-
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns
+! colspan="3" |third person plural conjugation = ''they are, they go, they believe (no "s")''
+|-
+!indefinite pronoun
+!singular
+!plural
+|-
+|all
+|''all is well here''
+|all are well
+|-
+|any
+|''any of them is fine''
+|any of them are okay
+|-
+|most
+|the most works
+|most work
+|-
+|none
+|''none goes well''
+|none go well
+|-
+|some
+|some is enough
+|some are not enough
+|-
+|
+|
+|
+|}
+*
+*
+*
+* '''''each, every, few, some,''''' etc. can be either a determiner (modifier) or pronoun
+** as determiners, these words modify a noun:
+*** ''every person thinks so, few people think so''
+*** some bees sting, all vehicles
+** as pronouns, they are the subject of a sentence
 == Adjective ==
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 === homophones ===
-* words that sound the same but spell differently
+* words that sound the same (or about the same) but spell and mean differently
-* high school will commonly use:
+* high school assessment tests will commonly use:
+** '''''accept, except'''''
+*** accept = verb, to welcome or admit
+**** ''The school '''accepted''' me!''
+*** except = adverb, indicating not included; used similarly to "but"
+**** ''Every school '''except''' one accepted me.''
 ** '''''its, it's'''''
 *** ''its'' = singular possessive pronoun