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. There are several determiners with which we do not use an article. These include the demonstratives (this, that ), the possessives ( my, her, its , etc), some quantifiers ( no, every, each , etc) and the cardinal number ' one '. There is no TV here. There is not a TV here. The TV is...

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...

Well, the excerpt you have posted is not very well thought through. Possessives here are obviously an open class-- my friend's, John's, Mary's, my dog's, his aardvark's , ad infinitum-- as are cardinal and ordinal numbers-- eight-hundred-and-forty-first, eight-hundred-and-forty-second .......

I've read many textbooks, done a lot of searches and I have yet to find a suitable answer to my question. Can a knowledgable grammarian please answer this question. What are determiners? I took this part from a textbook.... There are about 50 different determiners in the English...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these words kilometer centimeter Are those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ? After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

In many languages, adjectives usually occur in an unmarked order. However, some languages do not have this tendency. English is a language with a preferred order of adjectives. Native speakers pick this up as a matter of course; those who are learning it as an adult have to memorize it....

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...

That is probably one of the most difficult questions you could ask. Hmmm. Here goes... If a determiner is supplied, you don't need an article. Determiners include numbers, words like "some", "those", etc., and possessives, such as "his", "John's", etc. Proper nouns don't need an article,...