Timeline for Can determiners modify noun phrases?
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| Oct 18, 2021 at 11:25 | review | Close votes | |||
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| S Oct 18, 2021 at 11:20 | history | bounty ended | ColleenV | ||
| S Oct 18, 2021 at 11:20 | history | notice removed | ColleenV | ||
| Oct 18, 2021 at 11:05 | vote | accept | MJ Ada | ||
| Oct 18, 2021 at 10:35 | answer | added | fev | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 17, 2021 at 21:26 | comment | added | Andy Bonner | I'm not sure this isn't a false premise. "Both" is not a determiner in this sentence. If it were "Both children got on," then sure. But in the construction "both ... and," both words are conjunctions. wordtype.org/of/both , aje.com/arc/editing-tip-proper-use-term-both | |
| Oct 14, 2021 at 11:08 | answer | added | Victor B. | timeline score: 1 | |
| S Oct 13, 2021 at 18:10 | history | bounty started | ColleenV | ||
| S Oct 13, 2021 at 18:10 | history | notice added | ColleenV | Draw attention | |
| Oct 6, 2021 at 18:06 | history | edited | MJ Ada | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 4, 2021 at 18:47 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 4, 2021 at 18:40 | comment | added | MJ Ada | Apologies. I thought that I had already checked this. You are correct, and it does reference 'both' specifically. However, I think it's worth highlighting the difference between 'both' and 'the' (mentioned by Colin). You could rewrite 'the fathers and mothers' as 'the fathers and the mothers', but you can't write 'both Jack and both Jane'. In my example, the 'both' only makes sense when it is used once. | |
| Oct 4, 2021 at 18:30 | comment | added | gotube♦ | Have you done any research into what a determiner is? The first paragraph of the Wikipedia page on determiners, for instance, tells you that determiners can act on noun phrases. | |
| Oct 4, 2021 at 10:45 | comment | added | Colin Fine | "The fathers and mothers". "The boxes with lids". There are two cases where a determiner modifies a NP. | |
| Oct 4, 2021 at 10:17 | history | asked | MJ Ada | CC BY-SA 4.0 |