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Is everybody is a indefinite or reflexive pronouns?

"Everybody" is a indefinite pronoun.

Here's why:

* Indefinite pronouns refer to nonspecific people or things. They don't refer to a particular person or thing.

* Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence. They end in "-self" or "-selves" (e.g., myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves).

Examples:

* Indefinite: "Everybody is welcome." (This doesn't refer to any specific person, just a general group.)

* Reflexive: "He hurt himself." (The pronoun "himself" refers back to the subject "he".)

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