EXAMPLES. 1. Some of the gifts were not wrapped up at all1. Some of the gifts were not wrapped up at all. 2. «Yes, it was a waste of money, James. You shouldn’t have bought a secondl-hand automobile.» «It’s one of the best makes! Everyone says it’s better than any of the new ones.» 3. But he did not want any of them. 4. None of the old friends came, none were left on Tenth Avenue.5. Conscious of their inexperience in the face of this great city which neither of them had seen before, Andrew and Christine descended to the platform. 6. It was a showier establishment than either of therm had expected, and there was a good deal of plate glass and shiny brass about the frontage. 7. «This is matter either for the Board of Trade or the Mines Deportment.» «We are at the disposal of each of these bodies,» squeaked Billy.
EXPLANATORY NOTES 1. The pronouns under discussion are never followed directly by word-groups like these people, those books, my friends or by personal pronouns. The of-phrase is the only correct form here. 2. The pronouns somebody, anybody, nobody cannot be followed by an of-phrase. Instead, some, any, anyone, none are used. 3. Sometimes the pronouns some, any, none are applied to uncountable nouns. It stands to reason that then both the noun and its modifying pronoun are used in the singular, e.g. Now, now, Mary. None of that foolishness.
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