Determiners and Quantifiers

Determiners:

Determiners identify a noun, whether that noun is general or something specific. Determiners can also be thought of as a modifier for nouns, it works exactly like an adjective. It consists of:

Definite Article “The” :

For Example:

• Pass me the papers that I need to sign.
• The Black bag on the table is mine.

In the above examples, ‘The’ is used to indicate a specific paper.

Indefinite Articles “a/an”:

For Example:

• Bring me a headphone from the table.
• An elephant and a cat fell in love.

The above examples make use of “a/an” to indicate something in general.

Possessives:

For Example:

• Your grades were horrible this semester.
• Her work is always completed on time.

The demonstratives:

For Example:

• This documentary is quite detailed.
• That restaurant is known for its fried chicken.
• These examples would define what the demonstratives are.

Interrogative:

For Example:

• Which company do you work for?
• What is the scope of computer science?

Quantifiers:

The quantifiers are somewhat like determiners. However, they indicate quantity such as: “few, some, a lot, much, none, more, etc.”

For Example:

• Traveling around the world requires a large amount of
• The picnic was much more fun than I expected.

Rules for countable and uncountable nouns:

For quantifiers, there are some quantifiers that could be used on with countable nouns and similarly, there are some that can only be used with uncountable nouns.