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About modifiers of indefinite pronouns

If we consider indefinite pronouns, and in particular: ‘ceci, cela, les autres, quelques-uns, tous, toutes’ (this, that, the others, some, all, all), it turns out that they are likely to appear in sequences such as: ‘tout ceci, tout cela, tous les autres, toutes les autres, au moins quelques-uns, quasiment tous, presque tous, quasiment toutes, presque toutes’ (all this, all that, all the others, all the others, at least some, almost all, almost all, almost all, almost all‘; tuttu quissu, tuttu quissa, tutti l’altri, tutti l’altri, alminu calchiadunu, guasgi tutti, guasgi tutti, guasgi tutti, guasgi tutti) and followed by a verb. In the present context, ‘tout’ (all) in ‘tout ceci’ (all this; tuttu quissu) and ‘tout cela’ (all that; tuttu quissa), ‘tous’ (all) in ‘tous les autres’ (all others; tutti l’altri), ‘toutes’ (all) in ‘toutes les autres’ (all others; tutti l’altri), ‘au moins’ (at least) in ‘au moins quelques-uns’ (at least some), ‘quasiment’ (almost; guasgi) in ‘quasiment tous’ (almost all; guasgi tutti) and ‘quasiment toutes’ (almost all; guasgi tutti), ‘presque’ (almost; guasgi) in ‘presque tous’ (almost all; guasgi tutti) and ‘presque toutes’ (almost all; guasgi tutti) play the role of a modifier of an indefinite pronoun, as they change its meaning and scope.