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 known
• A good team   - article, specifies the team as unknown
• that pupil - demonstrative, known
• Julia’s parents - possessive, known
• Some big boys - quantifier, unknown

See also

• [Noun]] ](/AshokBhat/grammar/wiki/[[Verb) | Adjective