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Determiners
Determiners are words that make the reference of nouns more specific. lf I say'this cdr'it is clear that I mean a particular car which is near me. f I change itto'my car'l am saying something quite specific about ownership.
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the quantifiers some, any, enough, no, all, both, half , doubte, several, much, many, more, most, few,feuter,fewest, a few,little (meaning not much), Iess,least, a little. See pp. 171-177.
I've got some coffee but I haven't got any sugor. Haveyou got much money on you?

There were no witnesses to the accident.

Determiners can be divided into several l<inds according to:

Both girls saw the attack.

Few people know the answer to
The safety net gives

their meaning. what they may go with and where they may come in the noun
phrase.

that. little help to those who need it most.

the numbers, cardinal (one,two,three...), and ordinal (first, second, third...). See p. rZ6.
There's The

There are eight classes of determiner:

onething I needto osk.you. two boys grew up together in Manhattan.

the indefinite articlea ordn.

See p.162.

A mon came into the shop. An honest person would return the car to the lwner.

Three men werefound hiding in the building. Their second child is due in October. She lost in thethird round ofthetournament.

the definite article the. See p. t64.

The dog chosedthe robbit.

the distributives eoch, every, either, neither. See p. Ug.

Each child received a book. Every girl was given a number to wear. Either book should help you with the problem.

the demonstrativesthis,that,these, those. See p. t68.

This bookis betterthonthat one. These opples are redder than those ones.

the exclamatives what, such. See p. t8o.

what nonsense!
What a shame!
See p.

the possessivesmy, your,his,her,its,our,their.

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zo9.

They make such a fuss over small

things!

gove my share to her sister. Shonafoundhis bookin her car.

Cenerally, a noun phrase has.only one determiner in it, or none at all. See p. 16o.Afewdeterminers, e.g. all,both,and the numbers, can be used together with another determiner. See D. r6o.