Determiners Flashcards

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Defintion

A

are a class of words which help to ‘determine’ the meaning of a noun or noun phrase.

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2
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The definite article

A

the

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The indefinite article

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a or an

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4
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The zero article (absence)

A

by train, in summer

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5
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Demonstratives

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this, that, these, those

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Possessives

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my, our, his, her, its, their

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Quantifiers

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some, any, many, few, much, little, all, neither

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Numerals

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one, two, first, second

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Interrogative

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which, what, whose

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10
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Central determiners

A

These are the definite and indefinite article

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11
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Predeterminers

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occur before central determiner: all, both, half & twice

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Postdeterminers

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occur after central determiner: one, two, first, second, many, several few, a lot of.

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