The pronouns no, no one, nobody, none

The pronoun no is negative in meaning and it is used as an adjective-pronoun. It means not any, not a:

He had no tie on.

He is no hero.

He is no good as a pianist.

It forms the compounds no one, nobody, nothing which are used as noun-pronouns:

Nobody can help him under the circumstances. (=no people collectively)

No one was in a hurry. (=not a person)

No one had come to meet her.

Nobody knew about her arrival

No one, nobody can be used only with reference to persons.

None is a noun-pronoun. Unlike no one and nobody which can be used only of persons, none can be used both of persons and things, countables and uncountables:

How much money have you got? – None. (=no money)

All the tickets have been sold. There are none left. (=no tickets left)

None can be followed by an of-phrase. After none of + a plural noun the verb is used either in the singular or in the plural, though the plural form is more usual:

None of the shops were (was) open.

No one and nobody are usually used in answer to a who-question:

Who are you speaking to? –No one. (nobody)

None is used in answer to how many- or a how much-question:

How many fish did you catch? - None.

How much progress did he make? – None.

The pronouns EITHER, NEITHER

They are used both as adjective-pronouns and as noun-pronouns. When used as nouns they take singular verbs. They refer to a group of two definite objects.

1) Either means one or the other of the two:

Either of these machines is suitable for the work you want done.

Which of the two rooms would you like? – Either, I don’t care.

We can go to either restaurant, I don’t mind.

2) Either can also mean both:

There were houses on either side of the road.

Neither means not the one nor the other of the two:

Neither answer was correct.

Neither of the restaurants we went to was expensive.

The pronoun BOTH

It is used as a noun-pronoun and as an adjective-pronoun. It refers to two persons or things.

Both (the) men were interested in the job.

Both these children are mine.

Both of them agreed with me.

They both accepted the invitation.

They have both been invited.

Both my children are boys.

Both (of ) my parents are from London.

The pronouns ALL, WHOLE

ALL

The pronoun all can be used both as a noun-pronoun and as an adjective-pronoun:

All (все) went away as quietly as they had come.

All (всё) is well that ends well.

All the students have prepared their exercises.

When all is followed by a noun the preposition may be omitted:

There is heating in all (of) the bedrooms in our house.

When all is followed by a personal pronoun the preposition of must be used:

All of us were disappointed by him. (= We all were…)

All (of) the students found the lectures helpful.

The students all found the lectures helpful.

We usually put all after the verb to be, modal verbs and after the first auxiliary verb:

They are all going to Athens during the vacations.

You should all have three question papers.