http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aExpressions+tag%3aAdverbs+tag%3aDeterminersSearch results for 'tag:Expressions tag:Adverbs tag:Determiners' matching tags 'Expressions', 'Adverbs', and 'Determiners'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheNextNext/gkjvh/post.htm#552932Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:18:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:552932califjimOops I oversimplified My remarks pertained to the use of next and the next when referring to time Trains are different Both of your examples require the next train train is a countable singular concrete noun so it has to have a determiner This takes precedence over any other considerations Time expressions are adverbial so We re leaving next Monday is OK Monday is noun like but it s used as an adverb And besides it s not a concrete noun anyway CJ http://www.englishforums.com/English/PredicateAdjective/zpqrd/post.htm#495927Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:40:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:495927califjim There is no consensus on how to handle numerals They are like determiners and like nouns Some grammarians just use numeral as another part of speech like noun or verb I offer this analysis but there are surely others fifty is a noun acting as a determiner for years years is a noun acting as an adverb of degree for old fifty years is thus an adverbial expression modifying old old is an adjective Functionally in that sentence old is a predicate adjective CJ http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatToUseThisOrTheseHelp/vdbpw/post.htm#349375Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:10:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:349375califjimThey are both somewhat unusual and somewhat contradictory there as an adverb of place is associated with things that are at some distance from the speaker in contrast to here this and these are associated with things that are near the speaker in contrast to that and those There are this boy and this girl says In that position at a distance from me are the boy near me and the girl near me That doesn t make a lot of sense How about That boy and that girl are there or This boy and this girl are here I think these are better _________ there as the adverb of existence is only used with indefinite determiners in the typical cases The demonstratives this that these and those just don t go with there of existence except in special circumstances not operative in the examples we are discussing here Moreover an expression of location is often used with there of existence There are a boy and a girl next to the car There are some ducks in the pond There is a boy at the door There is a duck on the lawn CJ http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionNextNounStructure/ddwbx/post.htm#267645Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:46:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:267645learningnerd Please go to next class is incorrect it should be Please go to the next class or Please go to your next class I will see you next period is an expression that works just like I will see you tomorrow or I will see you next week We usually use next something phrases without a determiner when they re expressing when something will happen we re using the phrase as an adverb When will I see you I will see you next period We use it with a determiner when we re using the word next as an adjective describing a noun Please go to which class Please go to the next class Hope that helps Let me know if you have any other questions http://www.englishforums.com/English/NoDoubt/cwrqd/post.htm#206621Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:45:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:206621califjimI think you may be misunderstanding what dictionaries tell us about words The dictionaries say that love is a noun They also say that love is a verb How is that possible Here s how The dictionary is telling us that when love is used as a noun this is the meaning and the meaning for that usage follows It then tells us that when love is used as a verb this is the meaning and the meaning for that usage follows The fact that love can be a verb does not at all contradict the fact that love can also be a noun in a different context So when the expression no doubt is listed in your dictionary it says adverb followed by a definition That definition is what no doubt means when it is used as an adverb That does not at all contradict the idea that doubt can be used as a noun Like all nouns doubt can be preceded by the determiner no No doubt you are right no doubt used as an adverb There is no doubt that you are right no doubt used as determiner and noun CJ http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeryMany/bqrmq/post.htm#162349Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:22:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:162349anonymous 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 she met Her friend knows some of the people she mentions so he utters Oh I know very many of them At first I wondered whether this expression i e very many was correct Now I know it is perfectly grammatical and acceptable and I imagine it acts as an intensifier of the word many Is this so If not what is its function Now which part of speech is very in this case An adverb And many An adjective a determiner quantifier Another question Is a very many acceptable I imagine it is not and IMHO it sounds awful Lastly why is of inserted in the second example Is it because of them following or is it because of the very nature of very many Or simply because when a quantifier is followed by a pronoun we should add of as a mere nexus or connective Thanks a lot Mara http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeryMany/bpzvr/post.htm#158729Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:34:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:158729cliveHi Context After a party a woman is chatting with a friend about the party she went to the previous day I have met vary many people at the party More natural is I met a lot of people at the party Very many does not work here Many is mainly used in the negative I didn t meet very many people at the party Also in questions Did you meet very many people at the party Then she goes on to tell her friend who is was it that she met Her friend knows some of the people she mentions so he utters Oh I know very many of them Same comment as above At first I wondered whether this expression i e very many was correct Now I know it is perfectly grammatical and acceptable No same comment as above and I imagine it acts as an intensifier of the word many Is this so Yes see above If not what is its function Now which part of speech is very in this case An adverb Yes And many Yes An adjective a determiner quantifier Another question Is a very many acceptable I imagine it is not and IMHO it sounds awful You re right Lastly why is of inserted in the second example Is it because of them following No or is it because of the very nature of very many It s hard to explain but yes I think so You can say I don t know many soldiers or I don t know many of the soldiers Or simply because when a quantifier is followed by a pronoun we should add of as a mere nexus or connective Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/VeryMany/bpvll/post.htmMon, 14 Nov 2005 17:51:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:158570riglosHi 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 vary many people at the party Then she goes on to tell her friend who is was it that she met Her friend knows some of the people she mentions so he utters Oh I know very many of them At first I wondered whether this expression i e very many was correct Now I know it is perfectly grammatical and acceptable and I imagine it acts as an intensifier of the word many Is this so If not what is its function Now which part of speech is very in this case An adverb And many An adjective a determiner quantifier Another question Is a very many acceptable I imagine it is not and IMHO it sounds awful Lastly why is of inserted in the second example Is it because of them following or is it because of the very nature of very many Or simply because when a quantifier is followed by a pronoun we should add of as a mere nexus or connective Thanks a lot Mara