By Numbers, Demonstrative Adjectives

Possessive adjectives are just one class of determiners. Articles, demonstrative adjectives, numbers, and quantifiers are other classes of determiners.my, his, ..., a, an, the, this, that, these, those, one, two, three, ..., some, all, every, many, ... are all determiners. So there is no...

The following is from Mary Ansell's English Grammar: Explanations and Exercises. In your sentences, the numbers should precede the superlatives. Otherwise, one might get the feeling that there are several groups of 50 people each and you are selecting the most beautiful group. Usual Order...

These cover most instances: (1) When the noun is plural and is referring to all like items generally: 'Lions are big cats'. (2) When the noun is uncountable and is referring to all like substances generally: 'Sugar is sweet'. (3) When the noun is preceded by another determiner-- a...

Because the English language uses number, which requires a determiner before a singular countable common noun-- either an article, a demonstrative adjective, or a possessive adjective. You don't have to use 'a car' if you choose instead to use 'the car', 'this/that car', or 'my/his/their/Jesus'...

Hi, this is my first post to the group. I’ve just pasted information from Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage. To be quite frank, I don’t really understand these definitions fully but I hope the information is useful to you. So, regarding the words 1 Than 2 that 1 Than is normally used to...