Pronouns

1. All, most, no, none
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2. All, most, no, none
You use ‘all’ with plural count nouns and uncount
nouns to talk about every person or thing in the
world or in a group that you are talking about.
All children should complete the primary course.
All important decisions are taken by the
government.
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3. All, most, no, none
You use ‘most’ with plural count nouns and
uncount nouns to talk about nearly all of a
number of people or things, or nearly all of a
quantity of something.
The method was suitable for most purposes.
Most good drivers stop at zebra crossings.
Most milk is still delivered to people’s houses.
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4. All, most, no, none
You use ‘no’ with singular count nouns, plural
count nouns, and uncount nouns to say that
something does not exist or is not present.
There was no chair for me to sit on.
They had no immediate plans to change house.
No money was available for the operation.
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5. All, most, no, none
Note: If there’s another word in the clause that
makes it negative, you use ‘any’, not ‘no’.
It hasn’t made any difference.
He will never do any work for me again.
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6. All, most, no, none
‘All’ and ‘most’ are also pronouns, so you can
say ‘all of’ and ‘most of’. ‘No’ is not a pronoun,
so you must say ‘none of’.
He spent all of the money on a new car.
Most of my friends live in London.
None of those farmers had ever driven a tractor.
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7. All, most, no, none
Note: You use ‘all of’, ‘most of’, an ‘none of’ with
an object pronoun.
All of us were sleeping.
I had seen most of them before.
None of them came to the party.
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8. All, most, no, none
Note: If the clause is already negative, you use
‘any of’, not ‘none of’.
I hadn’t eaten any of the biscuits.
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9. All, most, no, none
Note: When ‘none of’ is followed by a plural
noun or pronoun, the verb is usually plural, but
can be singular.
None of us are the same.
None of them has lasted very long.
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10. All, most, no, none
You can use ‘all the’ with plural count nouns or
an uncount noun. There is no difference in
meaning between ‘all the’ and ‘all of the’.
All the girls think it’s great.
All the best jokes came at the end of the
programme.
Thank you for all the help you gave me.
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11. All, most, no, none
WARNING: You cannot say ‘most the’ or ‘none
the’. You must say ‘most of the’ or ‘none of the’.
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12. All, most, no, none
You can use ‘all’ after a noun or pronoun to
emphasize that the noun or pronoun refers to
everyone or everything that has been mentioned
or is involved. Note that you can use ‘all’ to
emphasize the subject or the object.
The band all live together in the same house.
I enjoyed it all.
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