Topic 20
Determiners
It is also called Determinatives.
Common Nouns are the names of people, animals, things,
places or events in general.
Determiners are the words
that tell you which particular person, animal, thing, place or event concerned;
whose; how many and so on.
Determiners are also signaller of nouns. They restrict / give definite information of
the nouns concerned.
Determiners * a class of words modifying nouns
·
have
the function of defining the reference / definiteness of
the noun
·
In
other words, they tend to specify the noun concerned
For
example, which one, whose thing, how many / much,
near one / far one, how many/ much, in what
order,
·
In
other words, determiners give extra information of the
noun concerned.
Without determiners, we only get the general
information of the noun concerned.
For example:
Lions are fierce animals. They
eat meat. They are carnivorous.
With the determiners to modify the noun, we can have
some more specific information of the noun concerned
For example:
There are 6 lions in the zoo. [One
of the lions] is very tame.
It is called Lionee. [Lionee,
the lion] does not eat much meat. It enjoys fruits and
vegetables.
Hence the two examples show the difference of the noun
with / without determiners.
Determiners are always placed before nouns.
Types of
Determiner
Specific
1. cardinal number -- 1,2,3,
4,……………………
Five
children were absent yesterday.
2. ordinal number --
first, second, third,……………………
Aida is
/the second child in the family/.
3. Definite
articles -- the
[The
playground] is well-maintained. 44
4.
Demonstrative adjectives --
this / these / that / those
[These
shoes] need washing.
#5. Fractions -- half, one-third, two-thirds, a quarter ….
Half
of the students in my class go for tuition every day.
6. Multipliers -- once, twice, thrice, 5 times, double, triple…
She
takes a bath twice a day.
7. Possessive
adjective (P2) -- my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their
Possessive noun -- Mary’s house,
my father’s friends
That
is Maria’s ruler. That is her ruler.
General
1. Indefinite article -- a / an
many / much;
few / fewer /fewest / little /
less / least ; a few / a little,
several, a
large number of / a large amount of /
quantity
of / a great deal of; a lot of /
plenty of; some/ any; no; none; enough;
all; both; each; every; one;
either of /
neither of;
Many
people are worried about the high cost of living.
I
drink a little tea every day.
Every
boy and girl in this class is polite.
4. Wh-words -- what / whatever, whose, which / whichever
What qualifications are required
to apply for the post?
Whatever
language it is, there are some basic rules and regulations to
follow.
Whose
pen is this?
Which
boy is more hardworking?
Whichever
job you have, your main duty is to do your best.
5. Words expressing attitudes, etc
quite, rather, such, what ……………..
Nobody
could tackle such a problem
Theses determiners
are placed before Qualitative Adjectives in the noun phrase.
some boys Some
naughty and disobedient boys
those books those
thick books a little water a little hot water
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