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B2ingrammar, a word that is used before anounto show whichparticularexampleof thenounyou are referring to: 限定词 In thephrases"my firstboyfriend" and "thatstrangewoman", the words "my" and "that" are determiners.在 my first boyfriend 和 that strange woman 这两个短语中,my 和 that 都是限定词。 - OurEnglishteachertaughtus about determiners, whichidentifywhichparticularnounyou'retalkingabout.
- When I say 'yourdiary' or 'thisexample', the determiners before eachnounshow which one Imeaninparticular.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesLinguistics: parts of speech - abstract noun
- adj
- adjectival
- adjectivally
- adjunct
- adv
- adverb
- adverbial
- common noun
- concrete noun
- conj
- conjunction
- connective
- count noun
- countable noun
- noun
- part of speech
- pronoun
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See more results » GrammarDeterminers and types of noun We cannot use all the determiners with all types of noun. We can use some determiners with any type of noun, but others must be followed by certain types of noun.… Determiners and singular countable nouns Some determiners can only be used with a singular countable noun. These are:… Determiners and singular uncountable nouns Much, (a) little, less and least can only be used with a singular uncountable noun:… Determiners and singular countable or uncountable nouns We use this and that with singular countable or uncountable nouns, but not with plural nouns. This refers to something near the speaker; that refers to something further away:… Determiners and plural countable nouns Both, many, (a) few, the numbers two, three, four, etc., several, these and those are only used with plural nouns:… Determiners and uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns Some determiners can only be used with an uncountable noun or with a plural noun:… Determiners and any type of noun Some determiners can be used with any type of noun, singular or plural, countable or uncountable.… Determiners followed by pronouns We can use these determiners + of before pronouns:… Determiners: position and order Determiners come first in noun phrases, before adjectives and noun modifiers.… Where do determiners go? Determiners come first in noun phrases, before adjectives and noun modifiers.… More than one determiner We can use more than one determiner in a noun phrase:… Determiners and modifiers Determiners which show quantity (underlined) may occasionally have words before them (modifiers, in bold) which make them more specific or stronger:… Determiners used as pronouns Determiners are words such as the, my, this, some, twenty, each, any, which are used before nouns. We can also use some determiners as pronouns (i.e. without a noun following and when the meaning is clear without including the noun).… Determiners: typical errors Some determiners are restricted to certain types of noun:… Determiners (the, my,some,this) Determiners are words such as the, my, this, some, twenty, each, any, which are used before nouns:… What do determiners do? Determiners have two main functions: referring and quantifying.… (Definition ofdeterminerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)determiner| American Dictionarygrammara word that is used before anounto show whichparticularexampleof thenounyou are referring to: In the phrase “myhistorybook” the word “my” is a determiner. (Definition ofdeterminerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofdeterminerdeterminer Thesedeterminergenitives easily vary with corresponding noun modifiers in contexts where the whole construction is definite and specific.From theCambridge English Corpus Yet, in practice,determinernoun modifiers are far more likely to be definite than indefinite.From theCambridge English Corpus Here, the telephone is a unique and familiar object (and hence it is marked with the definitedeterminer), but it is not specific.From theCambridge English Corpus The additional material will be referred to here as thedeterminer-intensifier-adjective (det-int- adj) sequence.From theCambridge English Corpus That is, attention was paid to whether adeterminerwas provided in contexts where it is obligatory.From theCambridge English Corpus Table 3 presents both children's overall production of determiners (including target-like, non-target-like and filler determiners), showing number and percent use in obligatory contexts.From theCambridge English Corpus The child will usually hear nouns preceded by an obligatorydeterminer.From theCambridge English Corpus However, sheer amount of exposure has been called into question as adeterminerof rate of vocabulary learning.From theCambridge English Corpus This holds in particular for constructions involving function words, such as auxiliary verbs, prepositions, determiners, and complementizers, but also for the ubiquitous phenomenon of coordination.From theCambridge English Corpus Since the interpretation of definite determiners clearly depends on context and\\or situation, they must be eliminated from logical analysis.From theCambridge English Corpus It is, therefore, crucial for the purposes of composition that the definite article not be assigned the status of a (determiner) head.From theCambridge English Corpus In looking atdetermineromission, only incidence of definite and indefinite articles has been considered.From theCambridge English Corpus In the following examples, it may appear that these subordinating conjunctions can be modified by a demonstrativedeterminer.From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, no historical data is included, and no formal explanation is forthcoming as to how the appearance of determiners leads to reanalysis of pronominal clitics.From theCambridge English Corpus All three books operate with a syntactic category - or word class or part of speech - calleddeterminer.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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