Indefinite pronouns

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http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm says indefinite pronouns are determiners. The article also says 'you know a determiner will be followed by a noun.' But are indefinite pronouns followed by a noun? Are indefinite pronouns determiners?

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[nq:1]http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm says indefinite pronouns are determiners. The article also says 'you know a determiner will be followed by a noun.' But are indefinite pronouns followed by a noun? Are indefinite pronouns determiners?[/nq]
They would have made the explanation simpler if they had not tried to put "determiners" apart from adjectives.
If it modifies a noun, it is an adjective.
If it replaces a noun, it is a pronoun.
A determiner is an adjective, and modifies a noun, which may or may not be explicitly present. But when the noun is not present, the determiner may be a pronoun. Possessive adjectives may change form when they become possessive pronouns.
"My book. Mine."
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[nq:1]http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm says indefinite pronouns are determiners. The article also says 'you know a determiner will be followed by a noun.' But are indefinite pronouns followed by a noun? Are indefinite pronouns determiners?[/nq]
A "determinative" (or "determiner") is, per Curme ( English Grammar at
13.C), a demonstrative adjective that points forward to a followingexplanatory phrase or clause. It can be definite ('this, those, the') or indefinite ('a, any, which, what'). (Note that those are only examples, not an exhaustive list.)
An indefinite pronoun is simply an indefinite limiting adjective treated as a pronoun, such as 'all, everyone, some, any'. They can serve as determinatives.

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[nq:1]http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm says indefinite pronouns are determiners.[/nq]
The examples it gives are:
[nq:1]indefinite pronouns (few, more, each, every, either, all, both, some, any, etc.)[/nq]
Except for "every," these words all have (at least) two senses: In one sense, they're indefinite pronouns; in the other, they're adjectives that act as determiners. As indefinite pronouns, they may be followed by a prepositional phrase ("each of the people") or in some cases an appositive ("all the people").
"Each," "all," and "both" are also adverbs. "Every" is never a pronoun; It's always a determiner.
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