Determiners

1. Determiners There are different types of determiners. The type of determiner depends on the type of noun. Singular nouns always need a determiner. Plural nouns the determiner is optional. Uncountable nouns the determiner is also optional.

2. There are about 50 different determiners in the English language they include: • Articles: a, an, the • Demonstratives: this, that, these, those, which etc. • Possessives: my, your, our, their, his, hers, whose, my friend's, our friends', etc. • Quantifiers: few, a few, many, much, each, every, some, any etc. • Numbers: one, two, three, twenty, forty • Ordinals: first, second, 1st 2nd, 3rd, last, next, etc

3. Some Notes on QuantifiersLike articles, quantifiers are words that precede and modify nouns. They tell us how many or how much. Selecting the correct quantifier depends on your understanding the distinction between Count and Non-Count Nouns.

4. The following quantifiers will work with count nouns:many treesa few treesfew treesseveral treesa couple of treesnone of the trees

5. The following quantifiers will work with non-count nouns:not much dancinga little dancinglittle dancinga bit of dancinga good deal of dancinga great deal of dancingno dancing

6. The following quantifiers will work with both count and non-count nouns:all of the trees/dancingsome trees/dancing most tress/dancingmost of the trees/dancingenough trees/dancinga lot of trees/dancinglots of trees/dancingplenty of trees/dancinga lack of trees/dancing In formal academic writing, it is usually better to use many and much rather than phrases such as a lot of, lots of and plenty of.

7. Conclusion