Noun: Determiners

Question 1

Gramatical Categories of Determiners

Answer 1

1. Articles: a, an, the
2. Pronouns (demonstrative, possessive, relative, indefinite)
3. Numerals: cardinals (1,2,3,…) & ordinals (first, second..)
4. a few Adjectives (half, whole, several, various, enough)

Question 2

Classification of Determiners

Answer 2

a) Pre-Determiners: all, both, half and quantifiers such as some of, none of, a few of, lots of, etc.

b) Central Determiners: the, a, this, that, my, yours, … , some, any, no, either, no
! NOTE: if words like ”some, any, either, neither” appear as quantifiers in expressions like ”some of, any of, either of etc” they are pre-determiners, not central determiners.

c) Post determiners: whole, various, very, only, certain, next, few, little, many, etc.

Question 3

Analyze the following:
Some girls are playing outside.

Answer 3

Some girls = NPhr.
some = Central Determiner
girls = head-noun

Question 4

Analyze the following:
Some of the girls are playing outside.

Answer 4

Some girls = NPhr.
some of = Pre-Determiner
the = Central Determiner
girls = head-noun

Question 5

Analyze the following:
the whole group

Answer 5

NPhr.
the = CD
whole = Post detrminer
group = head-noun

Question 6

Analyze the following:
the other book

Answer 6

the = CD
other = Post determiner
book = head-noun

Question 7

Analyze the following:
the event I told you about

Answer 7

the = CD
event = head-noun
I told you about = post-modifier / relative clause

Question 8

Analyze the following:
Each of the girls has been offered a present

Answer 8

NPhr 1 (each of the girls) = pre-determiner (each of) + CD (the) + head-noun (girls)

NPhr 2 (a present) = CD (a) + head-noun (present)

Question 9

Analyze the following:
in front of the old house

Answer 9

in front of = prep.
the = CD
old = pre-modifier
house = head-noun