Indefinite pronoun or Adjective?

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I get confused how to determine if "all, most, none, some" are used as adjectives or indefinite pronouns in the following sentences.

I've tried eating all of them.
Most of my friends came to my birthday party.
A: Will you serve all of these food in your next birthday party?

B: No, not all.

Thank you very much!

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
I get confused how to determine if "all, most, none, some" are used as adjectives or indefinite pronouns in the following sentences.

I've tried eating all of them.
Most of my friends came to my birthday party.
A: Will you serve all of these food in your next birthday party?

B: No, not all.

Generally speaking, in 'all of X', 'all' is a pronoun. Same with most/none/some.
Although it seems to me you could argue that they are nouns. My dictionary actually has 'all' as a noun but not as a pronoun.
Anyway, in the 'of' form, they are not adjectives.

Clive

Pinayausie · Answer

Thank you very much Clive. It really put my mind at ease. <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/74.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/74.gif' alt='Emotion: bow'/>

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