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ENGLISH SUMMER

ASSIGNMENT

DETERMINERS

What are determiners ?

A determiner is a word, phrase or affix that

occurs together with a noun or noun phrase and

serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context.

TYPES OF DETERMINERS

# Articles #Demonstrative# Possessives #Quantifier#Numerals #Distributives#Interogatives

An article is a kind of adjective which is

always used with and gives some information

about a noun.

There are only two articles a and the, but they are used very often and are important for using English accurately.

The word a (which becomes an when

the next word begins with

a vowel - a, e, i, o, u) is called

the indefinite article because the noun it goes with is indefinite

or general.  

The meaning of the article a is similar

to the number one, but one is stronger

and gives more emphasis.  It is

possible to say I have a book or I have one book, but the second sentence emphasizes

that I do not have two or three or

some other number of books.

The word the is known as the definite article and indicates a specific thing.  The difference between the sentences I sat on a chair and I sat on the chair is that

the second sentence refers to a particular,

specific chair, not just any chair.

Possessive determiners constitu

te a sub-class of determiners which

modify a noun by attributing possession (or other sense of

belonging) to someone or

something. They are also known

as possessive adjectives

The basic pronominal possessive determiners in modern English

are my, your, his, her, its, our, their and whose (as in Whose coat is

this? and the man whose car was stolen). As noted above, they indicate definiteness, like the definite article

the. Archaic forms include thy and mine/thine (for my/th

y before a vowel). For details, see English personal pronouns.

A word expressi

ng a number.

TyPeS Of NuMeRaLs

Cardinal OrdinalNominal

Cardinal

Cardinal numbers are also known as "counting numbers" and are used to count things. Cardinal numbers tell us "how

many."

Examples – We have two dogs.He is six years old today.

Ordinal

Ordinal numbers are used to tell the order of things. They tell us

level or position in a group.Example- I am third in line.He finished first in the race!

Nominal

Nominal numbers are used to name and identify

things. Nominal numbers can be single or grouped

numbers. Example-number of a train

or bus route (Take route 105 to get to the

grocery store.)

formulate direct or indirect questions and exclamations.

And perform the grammatical function

of determinative.

The two interrogative determiners in English grammar are:

WhatWhich

Example – What meal do you

want to eat for dinner?

Which card came from which aunt?

used to demonstrate the identity of

the thing referenced by

the following noun.

The demonstrative determiners in English are:

this that these  those.

Examples -This kitten stole that ball of yarn. These overdue library

books should receive those large fines.

Do you like this dress or these skirts?

words that provide information about

quantity such as all, each, every, s

ome, and few.

Examples -Each student must buy all of his or her

school supplies.Some adults

whine twice the amount

as most toddlers.None of the workers have finished any

of the tasks.

Used to consider members of a

group separately, rather than collectively.

Each and everyEach child received a

present.Every child in the world

deserves affection.Either and neither

There are two chairs here. You can take either

of them.Neither chair is any good,

they're both too small.

Before you talk, listen. Before you react, think.

Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray,

forgive. Before you quit, try.!

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