Determiners and Qualifiers

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Main Groups of Determiners ● ● ● ● ● ● Articles – a/an, the Demonstratives – this, these, that, those Possessives – my, our, your, his, her, its, their Indefinites – some, any, no, every, other, another, many, more, most, enough, few, less, much, either, neither, several, all, both, each Cardinal Numbers – one, two, three, four, ...... Ordinal Numbers – first, second, third, ..... last
Articles ● The – is called a definite article and a/an the indefinite – the contrast between is related to knowledge about the noun that speaker/writer shares with the hearer/reader – when the is used - it is known specifically what is being talked about – could be replaced with this/that ● ● Please wash the car. Please wash this car Did you see the dog Did you see that dog – when a/an is used – such knowledge is not assumed – could be replaced with some/any ● ● Please wash a car. Please wash any car Did you see a dog Did you see some dog – without determiners, cars and dogs refer to any or all cars and dogs, but no specific ones
Page 1 and 2: Lecture 7 English 3318: Studies in
Page 3: Determiners ● ● It is a structu
Page 7 and 8: Many and Few vs Much and Little ●
Page 9 and 10: Possessives Determiner Function Nom
Page 11 and 12: Phrase Structure Trees ● Phrase s
Page 13: Summary ● ● In their relationsh

Determiners and Qualifiers

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?