English I Grammar I Determiners I Education I Knowledge
DETERMINERS
A determiner is a word that is used before a noun to show how the noun is being used.
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A determiner is a word that is used before a noun to show how great an effect the noun has.
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IMPORTANT DETERMINERS
(a) Articles: A, An and The
(b) Possessive Adjectives: My, Your, Our, His, Her, Its, Their
(c) Demonstrative Adjectives: This, That, These, Those
(d) Distributive Adjectives: Each, Every, Either, Neither, Both
(e) Adjectives of Quantity: All, Any, Enough, Little, Less, Much, More, Most, No, A good deal of, A great deal of, A large amount of, A lot of, Lots of, Plenty of, A piece of, A part of, A spoonful of, A pint of, A loaf of, A slice of, Half of, A kilo of, A glass of.
(f) Adjectives of Number: All, Any, Both, Enough, Each, Every, Either, Neither, Few, Fewer, Many, More, Most, Several, Some, No, One, Two, Three....., First, Second, Third....., Double, Twice, Thrice........, One-third, A lot of, Lots of, Plenty of, Half of, A number of, A large number of.
Example:
(f) Adjectives of Number: All, Any, Both, Enough, Each, Every, Either, Neither, Few, Fewer, Many, More, Most, Several, Some, No, One, Two, Three....., First, Second, Third....., Double, Twice, Thrice........, One-third, A lot of, Lots of, Plenty of, Half of, A number of, A large number of.
Example:
- Ram has a dog.
- I have an elephant.
- This house is very beautiful.
- Those children are naughty.
- The dog is a faithful animal.
- Her mother is an ideal lady.
- Every man has a nose.
- Either road is safe.
- Which village do you live in ?
- Whose shirt are you using ?
- What job will you prefer ?
- He needs some milk.
- He takes medicine twice a day.
- Both fans are out of order.
- I have one son and two daughters.
- One-third of the work has been completed.
- Several candidates are waiting for their turn.
- There is plenty of sugar in the stock.
- The whole village was destroyed by flood.
KINDS OF DETERMINERS
(A) Pre-determiners: All, Both, Half, First, Second..., Double, Thrice..., One-third..., Each, Every, Either, Neither, What, Such etc.
(B) Regular / Central determiners: A, An, The, This, That, These, Those, My, Your, His, Our Mohan's, Some, Any, No, Every, Enough, Each etc.
(C) Post-determiners: One, Two, Three....., First, Second, Third....., Next, Last, Other, More, Many, Some, Several, Few, Little etc.
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