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Determiners
Determiners are words that make the reference of nouns more specific. lf I say'this cdr'it is clear that I mean a particular car which is near me. f I change itto'my car'l am saying something quite specific about ownership.
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the quantifiers some, any, enough, no, all, both, half , doubte, several, much, many, more, most, few,feuter,fewest, a few,little (meaning not much), Iess,least, a little. See pp. 171-177.
I've got some coffee but I haven't got any sugor. Haveyou got much money on you?
their meaning. what they may go with and where they may come in the noun
phrase.
the numbers, cardinal (one,two,three...), and ordinal (first, second, third...). See p. rZ6.
There's The
See p.162.
A mon came into the shop. An honest person would return the car to the lwner.
Three men werefound hiding in the building. Their second child is due in October. She lost in thethird round ofthetournament.
This bookis betterthonthat one. These opples are redder than those ones.
what nonsense!
What a shame!
See p.
zo9.
things!
Cenerally, a noun phrase has.only one determiner in it, or none at all. See p. 16o.Afewdeterminers, e.g. all,both,and the numbers, can be used together with another determiner. See D. r6o.