Indefinite pronouns

An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to people or things without saying exactly what or who they are. 
There are four main compounds: 
some-  (someone / somebody / somewhere…)
any-  (anyone / anybody / anywhere …)
every-  (everyone / everybody / everywhere …)
no- (no one / nobody / nowhere…) 

Look at the following song lyrics and work out a rule for when we use some- / any- / no- / every – (answers below) 

1. Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly.
2. Can anybody find me somebody to love?
3. Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody!
4. I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now.
5. I don’t belong to anyone but everybody knows my name.
6. Nobody knows you when you’re down and out.

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We use some- compounds when we are thinking of a particular, but unspecified person, place or thing.
We use any- compounds when we are thinking of people, place or things in general.
We use every- compounds refer to all people,  places or things.
We use no- compounds are used to an absence of people, places or things. NB: use withpositive verbs!
We use any- compounds are also used with negative verbs and verbs with a negative meaning.
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