Everything
'Everything' is an indefinite pronoun. In this lesson, we will discover the functions, uses, and more about the word 'everything.'
Everything is known as one of the indefinite pronouns in English grammar. We have covered all of its uses in this lesson.
'Everything' as an Indefinite Pronoun
Use
Everything as an indefinite pronoun is used to show all the things in a group of things or all the important things.
- all the things in a group of things
I know
all the things
- all the important things
My mother means
all the important things
Money is
Tip
Everything also means all the things that are happening in someone's life. For example:
How's
Position in a Sentence
Everything as an indefinite pronoun is used to replace a noun it refers to, which can be a subject or an object. As the subject, it takes a singular verb. For example:
'Everything' replaces the subject and takes the singular verb.
My mother means
'Everything' is the object.