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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of determiners in grammar: 1) Articles include definite (the) and indefinite (a/an) articles that modify nouns and indicate specificity. 2) Demonstratives like this, that, these, those are used to indicate distance and quantity of a following noun. 3) Possessives like my, your, her, their are used before nouns to indicate ownership. 4) Quantifiers like a few, many, any, a lot of are used to indicate quantity without stating an exact number. They are used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of determiners in grammar: 1) Articles include definite (the) and indefinite (a/an) articles that modify nouns and indicate specificity. 2) Demonstratives like this, that, these, those are used to indicate distance and quantity of a following noun. 3) Possessives like my, your, her, their are used before nouns to indicate ownership. 4) Quantifiers like a few, many, any, a lot of are used to indicate quantity without stating an exact number. They are used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

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    This document defines and provides examples of different types of determiners in grammar: 1) Articles include definite (the) and indefinite (a/an) articles that modify nouns and indicate specificity. 2) Demonstratives like this, that, these, those are used to indicate distance and quantity of a following noun. 3) Possessives like my, your, her, their are used before nouns to indicate ownership. 4) Quantifiers like a few, many, any, a lot of are used to indicate quantity without stating an exact number. They are used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

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    Determiner

    Saffanatussa`idiyah (22101050072)
    Puri Sekar Wulan (22101050073)
    DEFINITION
    DEFINITION
    In grammar, a determiners is a word which is placed before a noun / noun
    phrase to give information such as quantity, ownership, and specificity.
    Determiners function is determine or limit the meaning of a noun or noun phrase
    in a sentence.
    COMMON TYPES
    COMMON TYPES OF
    OF DETERMINER
    DETERMINER

    01 Articles
    Articles 02 Demonstratives
    Demonstratives

    03 Possessives
    Possessives 04 Quantifiers
    Quantifiers
    Articles
    Articles
    (definite and
    (definite and indefinite)
    indefinite)
    An article is a word that modifies a noun without describing anything about it. Instead, an article refers to a noun
    either as a specific or nonspecific thing. There are definite (The) and indefinite articles (A/An).

    A An The

    It is used before a person’s name who An is used when a word begins with a It is used before the names of sacred
    is not known personally vowel (a, e, I, o, u) books
    Example : do you know a Saleem Example : they found a cat Example : the quran
    Qureshi?
    It is used in certain exclamatory Sometimes ‘An’ is used before the It is used before ordinal numbers in
    sentences name of profession letters
    Example : what a beautiful day Example : he is an editor Example : I am giving the last warning to
    you
    ‘A’ is used before the names of days It is also used in some exclamatory It is used before the names of musical
    or months to refer to one sentences instruments
    Example : my birthday is on a Saturday Example : what an awful comment to Example : the flute
    this year wake!
    DEMONSTRATIVES
    DEMONSTRATIVES
    Demonstrative is determiners are used to state the distance and quantity of the following noun.

    This, That, These, Those


    Are used when referring to something specific.
    Demonstratives determiners are always followed by a noun.

    This and That are followed by a singular noun.


    These and Those are followed by plural.
    Singular Plural

    This These
    ( near the speaker) ( near the speaker)
    Example : I will bring this Example : these bottle are for
    camera. sale.
    That Those
    ( far from the speaker) (far from the speaker)
    Example : That phone is falling Example: Those books are
    down. inside the box
    POSSESSIVE
    POSSESSIVE
    Are used like adjectives before a noun
    They tell you who possesses or owns something

    Possessive determiners Person Example

    My 1st singular My book


    Your 2nd singular/plural Your boyfriend
    Her/his 3rd female/ male Her clothes
    Their 3rd plural Their grade
    Its 3rd object Its laptop
    Our 1st plural Our house
    QUANTIFIERS
    QUANTIFIERS
    Words that used to state quantity or amount of something without stating the exact number
    Answer the questions “How many” and “How much?”
    Used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns
    The choice of quantifier often depends on the kind of noun that follows it
    TYPES OF QUANTIFIERS : countable nouns, uncountable nouns, eather countable or uncountable.

    Countable noun Plural noun Meaning Example

    A few A little Small, minor A few weeks ago

    many much Very , a lot Many people

    any any Never , at all Any questions

    A lot of/lots of A lot of/lots of A large number A lot of water

    Some Some An unspesific Some books


    amount , number of
    more more A greater quantity More time
    THANK YOU

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