DETERMINERS

DETERMINERS

1. Determiners occur before the noun in a noun phrase.

2. They are called determiners because they limit or determine the noun phrase.

3. Determiners are the words we call articles.

   • A
   • An
   • The

4. Types of determiners

   • Central determiners
     • Every
   • Post-determiners
     • Many
   • Pre-determiners
     • Both

5. What do determiners include?

   • Articles
     • Definite
       • The definite article tells us about a specific person.
         • The girl played with the barbie .
     • Indefinite
       • The indefinite article speaks of any person, thing or place.
         • An apple is a delicious fruit
   • Demonstrative determiners
     • This, that, these and those
       • This puppy belongs to that family.
   • Interrogative determiners
     • What and Which
     • Which dress did you buy?
   • Possessive determiners
     • My, your, his, her, its, our, their, and whose
     • His car is our car.
   • Quantifiers as determiners
     • All, each, every, some, and few
       • Some students have finished their homework.
     • Multipliers such as twice and double. Fractions such as one-third and half
   • Numerals as determiners
     • One, two, three, and four.
       • Those two kids ate four oranges.
   • Noun phrases as determiners
     • Only possessive noun phrases including possessive nouns and some possessive pronouns can function as determinatives.
     • The socer player broke somebody´s leg.

6. The lack of an article and any other determiner is often called a zero article.