📄️ Determiners (the, my, some, this)
Determiners are words such as the, my, this, some, twenty, each, any, which are used before nouns:
📄️ Determiners and types of noun
We cannot use all the determiners with all types of noun. We can use some determiners with any type of noun, but others must be followed by certain types of noun.
📄️ Determiners used as pronouns
Determiners are words such as the, my, this, some, twenty, each, any, which are used before nouns. We can also use some determiners as pronouns (i.e. without a noun following and when the meaning is clear without including the noun).
📄️ Determiners: position and order
Where do determiners go?
📄️ Determiners: typical errors
Some determiners are restricted to certain types of noun:
📄️ A/an and the
A/an and the: meaning
📄️ Each
Each is a determiner or a pronoun.
📄️ Every
Every is a determiner.
📄️ Possession (John’s car, a friend of mine)
Possessive ’s
📄️ Such
Such as a determiner
📄️ This, that, these, those
This, that, these and those are demonstratives. We use this, that, these and those to point to people and things. This and that are singular. These and those are plural. We use them as determiners and pronouns.
📄️ Whole
Whole is a determiner. We use whole before nouns and after other determiners (my, the, a/an, their) to talk about quantity. We use it to describe the completeness of something: