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General English grammar-Determiners
Determiners are words which come before noun and show how they are used.
Example
- All nations want to be independent.
- I saw an accident of a car.
- Your family is a very happy people.
- You have five days left to complete that project.
- That is the worst food you have ever had in a long while.
Types of deteminers
Articles determiners :
a/an, the.Demonstratives determiners :
this, that, these, those.Possessive determiners :
my, our, your, his, her, their, its.Quantifiers determiners:
a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough.Numbers determiners :
one, ten, some, any, many, a few, all, several, each, every, either, neither etc.Distributive determiners:
half, both, all, either, neither, each, every, only.
'A', 'an' and 'the' are called articles in the English language.
| Definite Article | Indefinite Article |
|---|---|
| the | a,an |
- Please give me the hammer.
- Please give me the red basket; the yellow one is too small.
- Please give me a basket.
- He is an honest man.
Demonstratives determiners are used to specify the distance of something in space or time in relation to the speaker.
| Near | Far |
|---|---|
| this, that | these, those |
- Is this Ram's house?
- That must have been a nice surprise for you.
- These apples are mine.
- You can use that cup for making tea.
- This time I won't be late.
Possessive determiners to show who owns something.
Example- Where is their house?
- Look that house is Ram's.
- This is my book.
- Our house is just across the street.
- Where is your pen?
Quantifiers are determiners which modify a noun to indicate its quantity.
Example- I have some money.
- There are many things to do today
- She had so much work to do so she stayed at the office until midnight.
- They ate a few biscuits with their milk.
- I went to some meetings in Delhi last week.
Numbers are one kind of determiner.
Numbers are similar to quantifier determiners, but most grammarians treat them separately.
| cardinal | ordinal |
|---|---|
| one | first |
| one thousand | one thousandth |
- I ordered two cakes.
- They won the first prize
- She got second prize in dance competition.
- They have just complete their twelfth year.
- There are twenty books on the table.
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