Determiner
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Determiners help identify things and show quantity, including articles like "a" and "the", possessives like "my" and "your", and demonstratives like "this" and "that". There are two main groups of determiners: Group A determiners identify things, while Group B determiners are mostly quantifiers like "some", "any", "each", and "enough". Certain Group B determiners can only be used with singular or plural nouns, and some can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. Multiple determiners can be used together depending on the group and whether the combination makes sense.
Determiner
- 1. DETERMINERS Help to identify things and used to show quantity. Determiners are words like a, the, my, this, some, either, every,enough etc. But they are NOT ADJECTIVES even though they come at the beginning of noun phrases.
- 2. The earth My sister Either solution Each boy This month There are 2 main groups of determiners : a) Group A determiners b) Group B determiners
- 3. Group A determiners Help to identify things. Examples are : Articles : a/an, the Possessive : my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their, one’s, whose Demonstratives : this, these, that, those Note that two Group A determiners cannot be put together. We can say the cat , my cat or this cat , but not the my cat , or my this cat .
- 4. In order to put together the meanings of two Group A determiners, we have to use the structure a / this … of mine / yours etc. Examples are : This car of mine That cat of yours This house of his
- 5. Group B determiners Most Group B determiners are quantifiers. Examples are : Some , any,no Each , every , either , neither Much , many , more , most ; a little, less , least ; a few , fewer , fewest ; enough , several All , both , half What , whatever , which , whichever One , two , three etc.
- 6. Some Group B determiners are used with singular nouns. Examples are : each, every, either, neither etc. Some Group B determiners are used with plural nouns. Example : many Some are used with uncountable nouns. Example : much There are also some Group B determiners which can be used with more than one kind of noun. Example : which
- 7. Many people are unable to control their temper. James is one of them. Due to this, he has very few friends. He has to attend several courses on temper management to improve himself. Two Group B determiners can be put together if the combination makes sense. Examples are : Buses leave every ten minutes. Have you got any more rice ?
- 8. NOTES Group B determiners can be used directly before nouns, without of . Has he got any friends ? Has he got any of friends ? X Most people like babies. Most of people like babies. X
- 9. But note that if we want to put a Group B determiners before a noun with a Group A determiners (article, demonstrative, or possessive), we have to use of. Compare : Each child was given a prize. Each of my children was given a prize.
- 10. Neither answer is correct. Neither of these answers is correct. All my friends live abroad. All of my friends live abroad.
- 11. THE END