{"id":2859,"date":"2022-02-13T03:27:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T03:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate. English determiners also known as&nbsp;determinatives.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For example, which thing you are referr"},"modified":"2022-05-10T11:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:15:05","slug":"determiners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/determiners\/","title":{"rendered":"Determiners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-4240690913\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>A determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate. English determiners also known as&nbsp;determinatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several. Common English determiners are&nbsp;&#8216;a&#8217;, &#8216;the&#8217;, &#8216;some&#8217;, &#8216;this&#8217;, and &#8216;each&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word \u2018people\u2018 by itself is a general reference to some group of human beings. If someone says \u2018these&nbsp;people\u2019,&nbsp;we know which group they are talking about, and if they say \u2018a lot of people\u2019&nbsp;we know how big the group is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018These\u2018 and \u2018a lot of\u2018 are determiners in these sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Classes of Determiners<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are several classes of determiners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Definite article<\/strong>: the<\/li><li><strong>Indefinite articles<\/strong>: a, an<\/li><li><strong>Demonstratives<\/strong>: this, that, these, those<\/li><li><strong>Pronouns and possessive determiners<\/strong>: my, your, his, her, its, our, their<\/li><li><strong>Quantifiers<\/strong>: a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough<\/li><li><strong>Numbers<\/strong>: one, ten, thirty<\/li><li><strong>Distributives<\/strong>: all, both, half, either, neither, each, every<\/li><li><strong>Difference words<\/strong>: other, another<\/li><li><strong>Pre-determiners<\/strong>: such, what, rather, quite<\/li><li><strong>Question words<\/strong>: Which, what, whose<\/li><li><strong>Defining words<\/strong>: which, whose<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The following words are&nbsp;pre-determiners. They go before determiners, such as articles:&nbsp;such and what, half, rather, quite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Definite article<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The definite article is using the word&nbsp;<strong><em>the<\/em><\/strong>. It denotes people, places, and things that have already been mentioned, implied, or presumed to be known by the listener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles in English are invariable. That is, they do not change according to the gender or number of the noun they refer to, e.g.&nbsp;the boy, the woman, the children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>to refer to objects we regard as unique: <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;the sun,&nbsp;the moon,&nbsp;the world<\/li><li><strong>before superlatives and ordinal numbers: <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;the first&nbsp;page,&nbsp;the last&nbsp;chapter, the highest building<\/li><li><strong>with adjectives, to refer to a whole group of people: <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;the old,&nbsp; the&nbsp;Japanese (see&nbsp;Nouns \u2013 Nationalities)<\/li><li><strong>with names of geographical areas and oceans: <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;Atlantic, the&nbsp;Caribbean, the&nbsp;hind Mahanagar<\/li><li><strong>with decades, or groups of years:&nbsp; <\/strong>&nbsp;she grew up in&nbsp;the&nbsp;nineties.<\/li><li><strong>where we define or identify a particular person or object: <\/strong>&nbsp;My house is&nbsp;the&nbsp;one with a brown window.,&nbsp; The man&nbsp;who wrote this book is famous.<\/li><li><strong>when both the speaker and listener know what is being talked about, even if it has not been mentioned before.:<\/strong> \u2018Where\u2019s&nbsp;the kitchen?\u2019, \u2018It\u2019s on&nbsp;the third floor.\u2019<\/li><li><strong>to refer to something which has already been mentioned:<\/strong> &nbsp; The children&nbsp;loved&nbsp;the rabbit\u2019s&nbsp;soft fur, and&nbsp;the rabbit&nbsp;loved&nbsp;the children&nbsp;playing with her.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Indefinite articles<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Use&nbsp;\u2018a\u2019&nbsp;with nouns starting with a&nbsp;consonant&nbsp;(letters that are not vowels),&nbsp;\u2018an\u2019&nbsp;with nouns starting with a&nbsp;vowel&nbsp;(a,e,i,o,u).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:&nbsp; <\/strong>An apple, A girl, An elephant, A Lion, An Orange, An hour\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An&nbsp;before an&nbsp;h&nbsp;mute&nbsp;: An hour, An honour, and A&nbsp;before&nbsp;u&nbsp;and&nbsp;eu&nbsp;when they sound like&nbsp;\u2018you\u2019: a&nbsp;university,&nbsp;a&nbsp;unit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Demonstratives<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Function<\/strong><br><br>&#8211;&nbsp; The demonstratives&nbsp;this, that, these, those, show&nbsp;where&nbsp;an object or person is in relation to the speaker.<br><br>&#8211; This&nbsp;(singular)&nbsp;and&nbsp;these&nbsp;(plural) refer to an object or person near the speaker.<br><br>&nbsp;&#8211; That&nbsp;(singular) and&nbsp;those&nbsp;(plural) refer to an object or person further away.<br><br><strong>Example:<\/strong><br>1. What\u2019s in&nbsp;this&nbsp;box?<br>2. That\u2019s a very good idea.<br><\/li><li><strong>Position<\/strong><br><br>&#8211; Before the noun.<br><br>&#8211; Before the word&nbsp;\u2018one\u2019.<br><br>&#8211; Before an adjective + noun.<br><br>&#8211; Alone when the noun is \u2018understood\u2019.<br><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives show who the thing belongs to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table  class=\" table table-hover\" ><tbody><tr><td><strong>PERSON<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><strong>ADJECTIVES<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>PRONOUNS<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<sup>st<\/sup><\/td><td>(I)<\/td><td>my<\/td><td>Mine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/td><td>(you)<\/td><td>your<\/td><td>Yours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<sup>rd<\/sup><\/td><td>(he)<\/td><td>his<\/td><td>His<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>(she)<\/td><td>her<\/td><td>Hers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>(it)<\/td><td>it<\/td><td>Its<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table  class=\" table table-hover\" ><tbody><tr><td><strong>Plural<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<sup>st<\/sup><\/td><td>(we)<\/td><td>our<\/td><td>Ours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/td><td>(you)<\/td><td>your<\/td><td>Yours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<sup>rd<\/sup><\/td><td>(they)<\/td><td>their<\/td><td>Theirs<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you know where&nbsp;your books&nbsp;are?<\/li><li>Peter and&nbsp;his sister.<\/li><li>I think this is&nbsp;your&nbsp;passport. Yes, it is&nbsp;mine<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">QUANTIFIERS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Quantifiers are adjectives and adjectives phrases that give answers to the questions \u201cHow much?\u201d and \u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I have got a lot of friends.<\/li><li>I have got a little money.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Numbers: Ordinal and Cardinal, percentages<\/li><li>Quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns<\/li><li>A few and few, a little and little<\/li><li>Some and any<\/li><li>Compound nouns made with SOME, ANY and NO<\/li><li>Graded Quantifiers<\/li><li>Enough + Noun<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Numbers<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CARDINAL and ORDINAL NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The&nbsp;cardinal&nbsp;numbers are adjectives referring to quantity. Ex. one, two, three, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; The&nbsp;ordinal&nbsp;numbers refer to distribution. Ex. First, second, third, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Six hundred thousand&nbsp;people were left homeless after the earthquake.<\/li><li>I must have asked you&nbsp;twenty&nbsp;times to be quiet.<\/li><li>There are&nbsp;thirty-seven&nbsp;people in the room.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Distributives determiners<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All, both, half are distributive determiners. They can be used with countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Sometimes, they are used before articles (a, an, the) or the word &#8220;of&#8221;. &#8220;Of&#8221; is always used when preceding plural pronouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;All&#8221; is used when referring to the whole group. It is used before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>All of my friends<\/strong>&nbsp;are invited to the party.<\/li><li><strong>All of us<\/strong>&nbsp;are going.<\/li><li><strong>All employees<\/strong>&nbsp;were given raises.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Both<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Both&#8221; is used when referring to a pair or only two people or items of a group. It is used before plural nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Both of them<\/strong>&nbsp;were fired.<\/li><li><strong>Both sisters<\/strong>&nbsp;were accepted to college.<\/li><li><strong>Both of the cars<\/strong>&nbsp;were stolen.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Half<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Half&#8221; is used when referring to just half of a group. It can be used before singular or plural nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Half of the cake<\/strong>&nbsp;was eaten.<\/li><li><strong>Half of us<\/strong>&nbsp;are staying behind.<\/li><li>I need&nbsp;<strong>half a cup of flour<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">DEFINING WORDS<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which and Whose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These words define or explain which thing or person is referred to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>He couldn&#8217;t remember&nbsp;which&nbsp;film he had seen.<\/li><li>Tell me&nbsp;which&nbsp;coffee you like.<\/li><li>The woman&nbsp;whose&nbsp;dog bit you is at the door.<\/li><li>When I figure out&nbsp;whose&nbsp;paper this is, I\u2019ll sign it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Whose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word&nbsp;whose&nbsp;is&nbsp;possessive, and it is often used as an&nbsp;adjective, which is a word that describes or clarifies a noun or a pronoun.&nbsp; It describes who owns something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally,&nbsp;whose&nbsp;was only used to describe a person or several persons, as in \u201cPreksha,&nbsp;whose&nbsp;cat is cute, just arrived.\u201d In this case,&nbsp;whose&nbsp;indicates which person\u2019s (Preksha\u2019s) cat we\u2019re talking about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it\u2019s become grammatically acceptable to use&nbsp;whose&nbsp;to describe things belonging to inanimate objects and places, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAhmedabad is a city&nbsp;whose&nbsp;lights burn brightly all night long.\u201d Here, the lights belong to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">QUESTION WORDS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHICH, WHAT, WHOSE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; We use question words to ask certain types of questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; We often refer to these words as&nbsp;WH words&nbsp;because they include the letters&nbsp;WH&nbsp;(for example&nbsp;WHy, HoW).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; These words ask which thing or person is being referred to. They are placed before the noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What did you do that for?<\/li><li>Which colour do you want?<\/li><li>What is your name?<\/li><li>Whose are these keys?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">DIFFERENCE WORDS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OTHER, ANOTHER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; These words refer to something different, additional, or remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; They are placed&nbsp;before the noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Another&nbsp;is used with singular nouns. And Other&nbsp;with singular or plural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>She\u2019s going to the cinema with&nbsp;other friends.<\/li><li>Have&nbsp;another&nbsp;cup of tea.<\/li><li>There are&nbsp;other&nbsp;jobs you could try.<\/li><li>I don\u2019t like this restaurant. I want to go to&nbsp;another&nbsp;restaurant.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate. English determiners also known as determinatives.<\/p>\n<p>For example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several. Common English determiners are \u2018a\u2019, \u2018the\u2019, \u2018some\u2019, \u2018this\u2019, and \u2018each\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[75,292,282,285,281,289,288,29,28,283,287,290,284,286,291],"class_list":["post-2859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-grammar","category-english","tag-article","tag-defining-words","tag-definite-article","tag-demonstratives","tag-determiners","tag-difference-words","tag-distributives","tag-english","tag-grammar","tag-indefinite-articles","tag-numbers","tag-pre-determiners","tag-pronouns-and-possessive-determiners","tag-quantifiers","tag-question-words"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Determiners-Classes-of-Determiners-wordscoach.com_.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}