Determiner - AshokBhat/grammar GitHub Wiki
Determiner
- A word or a group of words that introduces a noun.
- A determiner specifies a noun as known or unknown
- Goes before any modifiers (e.g. adjectives or other nouns)
Types
Determiner | Word |
---|---|
Article | the, a, an |
Demonstrative | this, that, these, those |
Quantifier | a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough |
Numbers | one, two, ... |
Distributive determiners | each, any |
Interrogative determiners | which |
Possessive determiners | my, your, his, her, its, our, their |
Examples
The
home team - article, specifies the team as knownA
good team - article, specifies the team as unknownthat
pupil - demonstrative, knownJulia’s
parents - possessive, knownSome
big boys - quantifier, unknown
See also
- [Noun]] ](/AshokBhat/grammar/wiki/[[Verb) | Adjective