By Determiners, Definite articles

You could try color-coding your answers this way, for example:(1) the verbs; (2) the nouns; (3) the adjectives; (4) the adverbs; (5) the prepositions; and (6) the conjunctionsThe usage of the word 'the' in your sentences would normally be referred to as definite article or determiner.

Hi again, Here are a few comments on your posts. I saw the following entry in one of the ESL websites regarding the use of articles. "The" is required when the noun it refers to represents something in the abstract: This "rule" sounds very odd to me. Do you mean a noun like, for example,...

Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2. 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... It is reduced clause(While/As she was walking...) ...

Right or wrong?“For a moment1, I even thought2 that this was some sort of test3 and that this woman was someone from the head office4, testing my loyalty5.” 1: Prepositional phrase used adverbially. 2: Main clause 3: Dependant clause 4: Dependant clause 5: Participial...

Thanks Philip. How about the next one: Walking as if each step were painful1, she slowly pushed open the glass door and hobbled down the nearest aisle2. 1: Dependant clause (what kind of dependant clause??) I'm kind of confused as to the nature of this subordinate clause... 2:...

I realized that the definite articles and indefinite articles were the other subclasses or the determiners after I typed my question. Cheers, SoP. PS: As far as the beer is concerned, feel free to charge me as much as you want (as long as it's Chinese beer)

Hi, My question: the police is bestowed with powers and laws to maintain social order.In this case, do I use an definite article "the" for the phrase 'social order'?I put the here. Quoc

hello!this can be confusing for beginners as to as and when to use "the" (definite) or "a/an" (indefinite) article correctly.in grammar rules, the definite article (the) is used in occasions like stating a unique object, e.g. The moon, The sun and etc. secondly, when the same noun is mentioned...

Hi, I believe that the decision of whether to put a determiner in front of such sentences as below is largely depedent upon whether or not the whole context that the phrases in question/dispute is part of are showing the restrictiveness of the phrase or there exist prior precedents of such...

The is an article (the definite article, to be precise), a kind of determiner.Your set of 'negatives' are not of the same nature of classification of parts of speech as are conjunctions, determiners, adjectives, etc. Not is an adverb (albeit negative), did is an auxiliary verb.