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Oh, yes, that is very true. I've been teaching German in a forum similar to this for what, a decade or so now, and my students still come up with questions for rules for grammatical phenomena I never...

According to my grammar book, 'нечто' is used exclusively before attributes: нечто вкусное = something tasty. 'Некто' is used only before personal names: некто Владислав = a certain Wladislav.

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Thanks for that. I'll avoid -либо then.

Robin

Thanks, it-ogo. So, is it safe to assume that I can simply avoid -либо, or would you (or anyone else) say that it is necessary in certain circumstances?

Robin

Speaking of indefinite pronouns, what's the difference between -либо and -нибудь? I find this much less clear...