Senin, 09 November 2009
FUNCTION AND CLASSES OF DETERMINERS
Function
Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. The word 'people' by itself is a general reference to some group of human beings. If someone says 'these people', we know which group they are talking about, and if they say 'a lot of people' we know how big the group is.
Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. The word 'people' by itself is a general reference to some group of human beings. If someone says 'these people', we know which group they are talking about, and if they say 'a lot of people' we know how big the group is.
Classes of Determiners
There are several classes of determiners:
There are several classes of determiners:
the, a, an
Demonstratives
this, that, these, those
Possessives
my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Quantifiers
a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough, etc.
Numbers
one, ten, thirty, etc.
Distributives
all, both,
half, either, neither, each, every Difference words
other, another
Question words
Which, what, whose
Defining words
which, whose
The following words are pre-determiners. They go before determiners, such as articles: such and what, half, rather, quite
- Exercise -
- He doesn't have (much/many) money.
- I would like (a few/little) salt on my vegetables.
- She bught (that/those) cards last night.
- There are (less/fewer) students in this room than in the next room.
- There is (too much/too many) bad news on television tonight.
- I do not want (these/this) water.
- This is (too many/too much) information to learn.
- A (few/little) people left early.
- would you like (less/fewer) coffee than this?
- This jacket costs (too much/too many).
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