. Most English nouns have no gender (and how would we reveal it if they did, since we have no affixes or determiners that vary with gender?) The exceptions are the personal pronouns ( he, she , etc) and a number of nouns such as bull (a male cow),

Hi Anon So I think this "NO" is rather a kind of negative article (or determiner) that is equivalent to the German "KEIN". Am I right? Yes, it is very much like the German word "kein". However, German uses

It is a logical assumption to say that she may make a fatal mistake in subsequent acts, allowing the townspeople to look into her true self which may in turn anger them; the end of the virtuous life of Abigail will be grave. Hi, from the analysis

Thank you. I looked at the dictionary and I think it said that the words 'either' and 'neither' are determiners. I the the words 'determiners' and 'articles' are pretty much the same and I also believe the words

The Cambridge Dictionary refers to "his" as a "determiner" and as "a pronoun". The Oxford Dictionary uses the term "possessive determiner". And in the 1913 edition of Webster's, "his" was

That changed with the arrival of wholesale fund ing , includ ing securitisation , and this reached £650bn in lending by 2007. funding is only marginally a gerund. I would consider it an ordinary noun in this sentence. Finnish grammar of

"Hey, mom," said Billy, "what's that around your neck?" COLLINS COBUILD ENGLISH LANGUAGE DICTIONARY, First published 1987, Reprinted 1988 (twice), 1989 She lives with her Mom and Dad. Longman Dictionary of

hey! so the example you cited.. This is the house that Jack built. is a complete clause? This = determiner? the house = noun phrase that = determiner? Jack built = post modifier or complement?

Understand. Thanks, Mr M. Does the 'a seasonally adjusted 1%' work adverbially?-- The cardinal number is a post-determiner, so seasonally is an adverb and adjusted is an adjective modifying percent (%). Is percent a noun here? The phrase

. If there aren't the words ' seasonally adjusted ' in the sentence, I can leave out ' a ', right?-- Yes; in fact, you would have to do so . Does the 'a seasonally adjusted 1%' work adverbially?-- The cardinal number