Questions tagged [determiners]
A 'determiner' is one of a fixed class of words placed before a noun phrase to indicate its definiteness, quantity, or degree.
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"All X" vs "the whole X" usage with respect to time expressions
When it comes to expressions of time, when we say all day, all morning / evening / week, this means the same thing as the whole day, the whole morning, etc.
I know that all the time means frequently ...
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Most of all - what's "most"?
What is "most" in the phrase "most of all"? Dictionaries say it's an adverb, but as I know it's impossible to use "of" after adverbs, isn't? If it's really adverb, give ...
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Possessive “ ’s ” with days in a week: “Monday trip” vs “Monday’s trip”
When should I use ’s when using days in a week like Monday, Tuesday, and so on when these are used attributively in front of other nouns?
I don’t like Monday trips. Does this say that trips take ...
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Is it okay to just say "university"?
Is it okay to say:
I became careless after dropping out of the university.
Or do I have to clarify which university I dropped out of?
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What's the grammatical difference between determiners and adjectives?
I'm looking for a grammatical way to distinguish between determiners and adjectives. I've found some advice, but it isn't definite:
Adjectives can come after a linking verb (there are exceptions like ...
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Don't you think we might weed out really bright individuals looking for <those twenty percent> vs <that twenty percent>?
A: All these applicants might be decent candidates, but they're all
missing something. I would say they've got between seventy and eighty
percent of the skills and experience we're looking for right ...
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Usage of each vs either
I came across a question.
………………… of the two girls should come here. (a) Some (b) Every (c) Either (d) Each
The answer for this is given as 'Either'. I couldn't understand why the answer cannot be ...
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The last quarter of a/the century/hour/etc
For the last quarter of a/the century/hour/etc.
Any difference in meaning between a/the in such a phrase?
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Which one is stronger? or Who is stronger? which one is correct? And when to use which as a determiner for people? Thank you so much
Which one is stronger? or Who is stronger? which one is correct? And when to use which as a determiner for people? My teacher insisted that we can use which to compare between two people. Thank you so ...
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'A lot of' vs 'much': negative polarity contexts (non-assertive)
Assertive form: a lot of
Non-assertive forms: much / many
If we use much and many instead of a lot of in a positive
sentence, we are implying that the quantity is higher than expected. Compare:
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Possessive + much + noun
Certain determiners (many, most, little, least, few) can be used after possessive determiners, e.g.,
His/Mom's many friends/ideas.
Is this true of much too? As in
His/one's much money/valor
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"All the other + noun": does "the" always emphasise the finite number of things in a group?
I came across the following sentence:
In my great-grandparent's time people didn't have the distractions of
television, the Internet or all the other technological marvels which
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Determiners vs adjectives
I booked a single room.
I gave double the price.
Are 'both single and double' considered as determiners?
Here both are multiplicative numerals. So, I think both are determiners.
But I have seen in ...
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This/That for things that have just been mentioned
I have a question related to the use of the determiners "this" and "that". In fact, I searched this forum, and none of the threads provided me with the answer.
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Post vs central determiners
Several/certain people came here.
Two/three points are important.
Why are several, certain and cardinal numbers (one, two, three...) considered post-determiners? Why not central determiners as these ...
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