The Classification of Words

§ 174. The compound indefinite pronouns in -body, -one, and -thing denote 'person' and 'non-person', the former being indicated by the words in -one and -body, the latter — by those in -thing,
E. g. A vague acceptance of this kind isn't any use to • anyone. (Amis).
You'll never do anything as good as that. (Maugham).
The compound indefinite pronouns in -body and -one have the noun system of cases represented in opposemes like somebody — somebody's, anyone — anyone's.
I can't see that it is a n у о п e's business but mine. (Heyer)
Negative Pronouns
§ 175. The negative pronouns are no, nobody, nobody's, none, nothing, neither, nowhere.
\ They can be used as pro-nouns (nobody, nobody's, none, neither, nothing), pro-adjectives (no, neither), as a pro-adverb (nowhere) and a pro numeral (none).
E. g. How many have you caught? — Nine as yet.
§ 176. Since Modern English admits of but one negation in a verbal construction ² the negative pronouns serve to build up negative sentences. Her fiance is n о w h e r e to be seen. (Randall). N о girl has died in there to-day. (Priestley)
§ 177. Like the other pronouns m -body, -one, and -thing the negative pronouns distinguish 'person' and 'non-person'
Neither refers both to animate and inanimate objects (two of them). In neither case can I agree. Both smil°d but neither spoke (Heyer).
Nobody — nobody's is a case opposeme of the noun type.
i A S Hornby E. V. Gatenby, H Wakefield. The Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English. London, 1958, p 1222. '- See "Syntax", § 413.
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Generalizing Pronouns
§ 178. Here belong such pronouns as all, both, each, either, every and its compounds (everyone, everybody, every­thing, everywhere) which give a generalizing indication of persons, things, properties and circumstances.
This group includes pro-nouns (all, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything); pro-adjectives and pro-numerals (every, each, all, both, either); pro-adverb (every­where) .
Alt, everybody, everything, everywhere, both may be said to have an inclusive, uniting meaning as opposed to every, each, either conveying a separating meaning '.
Unlike the indefinite and negative pronouns, the gener­alizing pronouns are not attached to any definite type of sentence.
Quantitative Pronouns