Determiners and Qualifiers

Count/Noncount Nouns & Determiners
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Noncount nouns
– can occur with the definite article – the
– can occur without any article
– cannot occur with the indefinite article a/an
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The sand got in my shoe. Sand got in my shoe.
*A sand got in my shoe.
Singular, proper count nouns
– usually occur without a determiner
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Peter went to Seattle. - *The Peter went to the Seattle.
Single common count noun
– cannot stand alone, it must be preceded by an article or
another determiner
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A train passes this way regularly. vs *Trains pass this way
regularly.