By Possessives, Determiners

Hello Branwen319, welcome to English Forums! (Are there really 318 other Branwens here?)No comma is needed; "your" is a possessive pronoun, and "no" is an indefinite determiner (i.e. they're not adjectives). Two or more qualitative adjectives may be separated by a comma,...

Buddhaheart wrote:1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your giving …’. ‘Giving’ is a gerund acting as a noun....

All countable singular nouns in English require a determiner (article, possessive adjective, etc.). definition is a noun. definition is countable. definition is singular. Therefore, definition requires a determiner. My preference is to write this: Please explain the definition...

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....However,...

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 language...

CalifJim wrote:1. There is a salesman at the door. There are several salesmen at the door.2. Both president's and Republicans' are possessives.the Japan's product is incorrect. Both articles and possessives are determiners. You can't have more than one determiner in succession.an X's Y =...

1. There is a salesman at the door. There are several salesmen at the door. 2. Both president's and Republicans' are possessives. the Japan's product is incorrect. Both articles and possessives are determiners. You can't have more than one determiner in succession. an X's Y = the Y...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre 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...

Hi, 1. How do you decide on how to put English articles in front of (software game??) names like Playstation 3? Do you have to make a decision as to whether it is used as a software or used a game first? Maybe, the rule is if used as a game, put the article in; whereas, if it is used as a sacred...

Hi, 1. How do you decide on how to put English articles in front of (software game??) names like Playstation 3? Do you have to make a decision as to whether it is used as a software or used a game first? Maybe, the rule is if used as a game, put the article in; whereas, if it is used as a sacred...