A 'determiner' is one of a fixed class of words placed before a noun phrase to indicate its definiteness, quantity, or degree.
Questions tagged [determiners]
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Can "either" be used for more than two items?
The Judiciary also uses a special type of monitoring through the General Inspection Office and Bureaucratic Justice Court. Additionally, either of the three powers have internal supervision mechanisms.
"Either" in the above paragraph is used for…
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Is the use of "one of the" correct in the following context?
I want to know what the constraints are on using the phrase one of the.
Is it used correctly in this example?
He is one of the soldiers who fight for their country.
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Is it grammatically correct to say or to write "some brain"?
In oral speech or writing, it is grammatically correct to say "let's eat some brain"? Could you please give me some example of a more correct form of this kind of expression?
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Thank you for your answers. Anyway, I apologize for being…
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Can "few" be used as a subject? If so, what is the rule?
I took a test with the following question:
__________has changed at work since the last employee survey was carried out.
a. Little
b. Some
c. Few.
Now, I know that the correct answer is little, but why specifically can't I use few here? What…
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Can I say "This your pen is beautiful"?
I knew sentences like "Is this your pen?", "This pen is yours", "Your pen is beautiful", but I don't see sentences like "This your pen is beautiful". Can I say that?
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"This book and this pen" or "This book and pen"?
How do we use the determiner "this" if we want to identify more than one thing close at hand?
Should the determiner be used for both nouns or just with the first one? For example
This waterfall and fountain are among considerable features of the…
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"People with messy handwriting have brain working faster than their hands" Why no determiner?
I've found the following meme/caption/poster/whatever-it's-called on Twitter and I don't get why there's no determiner before "brain". I would normally assume it is one of those situations where you just don't need one but there is a determiner…
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How can I point to the one shoe of my father's shoes?
Is it correct to say:
My father's shoe
I want to point to the one shoe of that pair of my father's shoes.
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"Look at the pictures" or "Look at these pictures"?
One exercise in my English Grammar book asks to describe the picture, as shown in the following picture:
Since "pictures" are plural, I think it would be better to use "these" instead of "the". Is this correct?
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Use of determiner THE with a plural noun
Is it more appropriate to say or write: "Canadian provinces and territories are much larger than American states." Or "THE Canadian provinces and territories are much larger than THE American states." Is the determiner necessary or dispensable…
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How many are you guys? or How many people are you guys? which one is correct?
When I ask "How many are you guys?" or "How many people are you guys?",
Which one is correct?
I am confused. Can anyone let me know?
Thank you for help!
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Do I need "some" in "If the weather is not so good, I read a book or some news"?
During my lunch break, I usually go for a walk. If the weather is not so good, I read a book or some news.
Can we omit some here?
During my lunch break, I usually go for a walk. If the weather is not so good, I read a book or news.
For some…
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Why is "any" inappropriate here?
The following is the answer key for an exercise in Macmillan's Straightforward Intermediate coursebook. The instruction asks the student to correct six mistakes (concerning determiners) in the following dialogue:
My concern is "any" in this…
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"none of the language" -- "none of" with an abstract noun
" I spoke little to none of the language"
Can we use none of with an abstract noun?
Found it here: https://greenhearttravel.org/blog/high-school-abroad/6-reasons-why-traveling-abroad-is-important-for-young-people
It seems like we can say about a…
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Each versus every (again...)
I know that there are tons of threads on "each" vs. "every" in this site and grammar sites. I have already gone through many of them. However, I still cannot come up with an answer when I am using scientific statements that are both generalising and…
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