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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Do you need the determiner "the" for a name of place?
This is something weird.
Example:
I go to the city.
Yesterday, I went to New York City.
You can see from the examples that when the city has a name, it doesn't use the word "the."
But is ...
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the company vs your company
Is it wrong to say "we can help you build the company"?
I understand that it makes more sense to say "we can help you build your company", but is it grammatically wrong to use the ...
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Is "the" needed or not, and why?
Feedback loops between poverty and illness put a strain on public healthcare systems.
The feedback loops between poverty and illness put a strain on public healthcare systems.
I would like to know ...
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Determinative or pronoun
Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest executive that trust, that most valuable of economic assets, is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore—and that few things are more likely to ...
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"both per " or "each per"?
If one object costs both of another object, it makes sense to say both X per Y. If an object costs each of two other objects, then does each X per Y mean that it costs one of the other two or does it ...
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Is 'own' in the phrase 'of my own' a pronoun or determiner?
“ I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent ...
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Should I use each or every, AND WHY?
If I were to say...
[Each / Every] individual decision in life must be carefully assessed.
...would I have to use each or every, AND WHY?
According to the answers in Each versus every (again...), ...
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What is the correct determiner with this expression?
I would like to know which structure is correct and why:
A. Differences of opinion among political parties strengthen the health of democracies.
B. The differences of opinion among political parties ...
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Should it be "AN APPEREANCE" OR "ANY APPEREANCE"?
"It's the first time I'm doing any appearance as a person that stars in the Lion King."
Should it be "first time doing an appearance" or "first time doing any apperance".
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Difference between "a" and "any"
what is difference between the two following sentences? And which one is grammatical?
1- If there is a car in the garden, it will be towed away.
2- If there is any car in the garden, it will be ...
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Would you use "the" in "(the) division of opinions"?
The division of opinions among political parties is good for democracy in new nations.
Division of opinions among political parties is good for democracy in new nations.
I don't know if "the&...
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I am confused about the correct use of "what" in this sentence
Is the sentence below a correct sentence? If so, what kind of a sentence is this, and what is the role of the word "what" in this sentence? Is this sentence supposed to be an exclamatory ...
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Each versus every (again...)
I know that there are tons of threads on "each" vs. "every" in this site and grammar sites. I have already gone through many of them. However, I still cannot come up with an answer ...
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"none of the language" -- "none of" with an abstract noun
" I spoke little to none of the language"
Can we use none of with an abstract noun?
Found it here: https://greenhearttravel.org/blog/high-school-abroad/6-reasons-why-traveling-abroad-is-...
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"Whatever" as a determiner
At school, I did a Chinese-English translation assignment and translated one of the sentences into English as follows:
He is always willing to take on whatever task assigned to him.
And my teacher ...
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Should I use “so”, “such” or “such a” in this example?
Teo has been in the US for only three years, but his teachers say he has learned to speak perfect English in _____ short time because he's so happy at school.
Firstly I use "such" following ...
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Is 'two' a noun?
I've been taught that 'number words' are names for numbers, this implies they should be considered nouns, how come we can have phrases like:
'Two apples'
'One person'
'There are two of them'
Where '...
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use of 'all' with a possessive adjective
What is the right way to use the determiner 'all' with a possessive adjective e.g. my, your, etc? What is placed first? all or P. Adj?
A. His all habits were unique.
B. All his habits were unique.
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two "that" in a row
In the Online Etymology Dictionary, the meaning of the word "contingency" is like this:
the possibility that that which happens might not have happened
My question is that why did two &...
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scarcely leaving me any/the room
I'd like to know whether "the" or "any" should be used in the following:
The porky fellow came into the cubicle, scarcely leaving me any/the room in which I was standing.
I'd appreciate your help.
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doing [determiner] grocery shopping
Pedagogical materials commonly advise adding a determiner or quantity word to "do [the/one's/some] Ving." However, in the following passage, "doing grocery shopping" does not have ...
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Confused by how to describe amounts and numbers
I've seen 'quantity' used synonymously with amount, but I'm confused with how we 'describe' it.
For example:
'John is one man'
'Two men is a larger amount than one man'
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'My collection is four coins'...
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Why is there no determiner before 'defender' in 'the role of defender'?
Just worked with Collins Dictionary and found this phrase:
He often chose to take the role of defender in the expectation of
launching a successful counterattack.
Why is there no article before '...
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Should I use "a" or "one"?
I am really struggling to understand if I should use "a" or "one" in the below example. This is derived from another thread that became too confusing with the wrong examples. Thank ...
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'a' versus 'one'
Should "a" or "one" be used in the below examples, and why?
An atomic reaction in a reactor causes atomic reactions in all the other reactors.
An atomic reaction in one reactor ...
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"All" vs. "All the" vs. "All of the"
Which of these 3 alternatives would you use and why?
All computers in the world form a connected network.
All the computers in the world form a connected network.
All of the computers in the world ...
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Is an article determained by the possessive 's?
Today I came across the following sentence:
AI's decision-making process is usually too difficult for most people to comprehend.
It seemed weird to me because I thought that the word process ...
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Singular countable nouns without any article
So the general rule is that an article, either definite or indefinite, must be used with any countable singular nouns. We say 'a chair' or 'the chair', for example. But, it seems that when a ...
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Is it possible to use quantifiers with proper nouns?
As far as I know, we always use quantifiers before nouns. From this I would like to know if the following constructions, with PROPER NOUNS, sound grammatically correct. If not, an explanation is most ...
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No; not any; not a;
Good morning, people. I know there are some related posts, but they don't answer my many questions. All ELL and other forum links are purple. Believe me, hahaha.
1 - In questions/negative questions, ...
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Why can I use 'another' in this sentence?
I'm translating the next sentence
I got other of those calls yesterday
However I've found that the correct answer is this
I got another of those calls yesterday
I understand that I can use "...
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Can "another" be preceded by "what" as in "What another factor will affect the rollout of the product?"
I've recently seen this question in an English textbook.
(One of the only two factors is........) What another factor will affect the rollout of the product?
This struck me as awkwardly sounding ...
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Determiners: anyone versus someone
Can anyone explain the difference between:
"Can anyone answer me " and
"Can someone answer me " ?
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A singular verb comes after "any of [plural noun]", or a plural one?
In some English text it is said that we should use a singular verb in the following example:
Any of the computers needs updating.
However, it is said that in the following examples we should use ...
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”Five is less / fewer than seven”: which one is correct?
Five is less than seven.
Five is fewer than seven.
Which one is correct and why?
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How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words?
One of the answers in a reading exercise in my class today was:
100,000,000,000,000,000,000
... which was the value of the highest denomination note ever issued. It was a 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 ...
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"no + singular noun" vs. "not any + singular noun"
It seems to me that when 'any' is used for indefinite quantities, it must be followed by plural nouns or uncountable nouns.
However, In the following sentences, which I found in a grammar book, each '...
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One ... Another .... Neither
Does the following work?
One of his friends is from Japan, and another from France. Neither can speak German.
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about All and All of
Before a noun with no determiner, we use "all" without "of".
All children need love. (NOT All of children need love.)
Link
I don't understand why "All of children" is ...
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The uses, the context, the kind of noun?
The Little, Brown Handbook 9ed, section 16h says
1. Use a, an, and the where they are required.
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2. Use other determiners appropriately.
The uses of English determiners besides articles also ...
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do [the/some] online banking vs. do [the/some] grocery shopping
In the following phrases, is it optional to include the bracketed part?
do [the/some] online banking
do [the/some] grocery shopping
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Question about a determiner
This sort of problem is quite common.
This kind of exercise is very popular.
In the above sentences, the expressions kind of and sort of are used. I'm not sure whether those are the subjects of the ...
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Must I use "my" when referring to my own bodypart or can I use "the" without technically breaking any rules?
I'm currently trying to understand if the following sentence breaks any rules:
I grab this hair band first thing in the morning to make sure that I don't have my hair on the forehead and nothing is ...
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What is correct, "a club day" or "the club day"?
Do you know if Monday is a/the club day?
Should I use a or the?
Club days are days when we do our club activities. As Monday is usually not a/the club day but the next one will be the early May bank ...
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Repetition of determiner "this"
I came across these sentences here and I wondered if it is OK to repeat the determiner "this". It sounded a little awkward to me.
If you decide to complete an application for coverage in ...
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"some customers" referring to a particular group of people
I am wondering if "some customers" can refer to a specific group of people at the restaurant in the following context. Does it need to be changed into "Some of the customers" or &...
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"From which to" how should I interpret this?
The full sentence is this:
Instead of creating a mathematical model from which to predict performance, the workload can be characterized, simulated, and then tested on clouds of different scales.
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What’s the head of a determiner phrase with more than one determiner?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner_phrase
“My sons”
If it’s a noun phrase, the head is “sons”.
If it’s a determiner phrase, the head is “my”.
“All my sons”
If it’s a noun phrase, the head is ...
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Difference between we all and we are all
What is the difference between the given two sentences?
We all are teenagers.
We are all teenagers.
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Should we have to repeat the possessive determiner in a list?
Is it better to put:
Snow white was so pretty with her blood-red lips, her fair skin and her black hair.
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Snow White was so pretty with her blood-red lips, fair skin and black hair.
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