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Set Clear Goals and Objectives

The document outlines nine main types of determiners in English, including pre-determiners, articles, demonstratives, possessives, ordinals, cardinals, quantifiers, distributives, and interrogatives. Each type is defined and illustrated with examples to clarify their usage in sentences. Determiners are essential for specifying nouns and enhancing sentence precision.

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Set Clear Goals and Objectives

The document outlines nine main types of determiners in English, including pre-determiners, articles, demonstratives, possessives, ordinals, cardinals, quantifiers, distributives, and interrogatives. Each type is defined and illustrated with examples to clarify their usage in sentences. Determiners are essential for specifying nouns and enhancing sentence precision.

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Kinds of determiners:

There are 9 main kinds of determiners, each of them is to be discussed in detail as


under:

1. Pre-determiners
This can be defined as the words that occur in the folder terminal to give a limit
to the noun.

For example:

You will receive all the information

She has such a beautiful corset.

2. Articles
There are three articles in English ‘a, an, the’. The is considered to be The
definite article whereas a or an is considered infinite. When singular nouns are
referred to for the first time, either a or an is used. When the words are already
understood then they are used.

Article ‘The’
The is considered as a definite article
Some of the uses of the definite articles are given as under:

Definite articles can be used for common nouns.


Definite articles can be used to refer to specified person things
definite articles can be used to refer to the things that are rare in the world
The definite articles can be used when the particular building is being referred
to.
Definite article can be used with countable nouns
Indefinite articles can be used to refer to the parts of the body
The definite articles can be used with the expressions of time
Definite articles are used to refer to the family of things we regularly use.
Definite articles can also be used before nationals of some country or continent.
The infinite articles ‘a or an’
Article a, an, and the are indefinite articles.

Use of an:
The article ‘an’ can only be used before vowels like: a, e, i, o, u

Example: This is an apple.

Essential case: When some of the words are silent then we can use an for them

Ram is an honest man.

Article ‘a’
The article is used before the words with a consonant sound.

For example: He is a boy.

3. Demonstrative determiners:
Demonstrative determiners are those that are used to talk about the persons of
things that are already mentioned. Example: these, those, this, that.
We can use this or there for the things that are not seen before. We need to use
that for those things that are at a distance but you have seen them. for example:
We lived in this house for several years.

She brought the dresses.


The words this or that are to be used for singular nouns. Nearest big bazaar 2000
to be used for plural nouns.
Example: Those boys broke my glasses.

This girl is the cutest.

4. Possessive Determiners:
These determiners are used to show possession. The words like ‘my, hers, his, its,
theirs’ are to be used.

Examples of possessive determiners:


She is my sister?

This is my home?

What is your name?

What is your age?

5.Ordinal Determiners:
They are used to refer to something that has the series.

Example:

I shall meet you next week.

She is the first girl who has joined my group.

6. Cardinal Determiners:
Cardinal and ordinal numbers show how many of the particular things are there. The
cardinals are: one, three, hundreds etc.

Examples:

There are only five girls in this room.

She has three children.

7. Quantifiers determiners:
Quantifiers are the type of determiners used to refer to the quantity of other
particular things. Like: much, several, some etc.

Example of quantifiers:

There are some people in the street.

Both of you should go to the party.

7.Distributive Determiners:
These are determiners used to refer to a single member of the group. Like: Each,
every etc.

Example:

Each student is important.

8. Interrogative Determiners:
Interrogative determiners are used to ask questions like: what, which, whose etc.
Examples:

Which subject are you studying?

What is your name?

Which color is your favorite?

Conclusion:
Determine are the words used before a noun. They are important to clarify nouns and
to make the sentence more precise and focused. Determiners are a bit complicated
because several parts of speech connect as a determiner. They express the reference
of a noun or phrase in a particular context. There are nine main kinds of
determiners. These kinds are: pre-determiners, articles, demonstratives,
possessives, ordinals, cardinals, distributives, and interrogatives.

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