In Pronouns^x, Determiners^x

Hi, Question (1) in identifying parts of speech in the sentence: "There are a few of my favourite things" (as in the song in 'The sound of music') Is 'a few of' : an adjective, a quantifier, or a pronoun ? It's considered to be a pronoun. BTW, isn't a quantifier the same...

Question (1) in identifying parts of speech in the sentence: "There are a few of my favourite things" (as in the song in 'The sound of music') Is 'a few of' : an adjective, a quantifier, or a pronoun ? BTW, isn't a quantifier the same as determiner, or is it 'a kind of'...

Ppan, In addition to Clive's comments, a quick point related to this discussion: The most common usage of 'most of' is <<'most of' + pronoun/determiner+ noun>>, and seldom the 'most of <n>' form is used.

That makes what us special. Is this sentence ok ? Is " what " an objective pronoun or determiner because " us " is objective pronoun ?

Her dad saw the young kid kissing her younger daughter. And The young kid went as fast as he could. Her father said, " That would be coward/cowardly How many people do we have here, three or four? And what are their relationships? Perhaps I could simplify the sentences a bit first: Her dad...

The resulting X-ray looks more like the cross section of a bridge truss than anything associated with a living organism. Is that sentence ok ? What the word " more " function here ? adverb ? determiner ? pronoun ? Why the phrase " like the cross section of a bridge truss " can follow...

1. How do we know which employer this determiner their refers to assuming there are more than one employer in the picture? How would you settle this? They are required to submit the forms that are to be filled out by their current employer. 2. Do one need to put an article "a" here? I...

Hi Hela, So whenever you have a numeral or quantifier that stands before a noun, it's an adjective; and whenever it is followed by "OF" it's a pronoun? Yes e.g. a) Each student should bring his/her (their?) dictionary. = adjective Yes Both students should be moved to another...

You could use 'the' as in They are the names of towns in the area however there's no need. Names is a countable noun used in the plural form so it is not necessary to have a determiner , such as the definite article, preceding it and from the context (sorry you didn't provide the whole...

Riglos wrote: Hi people! First of all, let me give you some examples: Context: After a party, a woman is chatting with a friend about the party she went to the previous day: "I have met very many people at the party." Then, she goes on to tell her friend who is / was it that...