Determiners Flashcards
1
Q
why are determiners helpful in identifying parts of speech?
A
The often act as islands of reliability.
definite article-the
indefinite article-a/an
2
Q
how to identify a determiner?
A
Try substituting with another unambiguous determiner e.g. the/their without it becoming ungrammatically incorrect
3
Q
what words are always determiners
A
a, an, your, its, our, their, and my. Others can belong to other words classes as well e.g. his/her and the demonstratives could be pronouns as well as
4
Q
How many types of determiners?
A
articles: the/ an/an
demonstratives: this, these, that, those
possessives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
5
Q
many and some are are what forms of determiners?
A
demonstratives
