determiners

DEFINITION

A determiner is a word, phrase or affix that occurs together with a noun or noun phrase and serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context. That is, a determiner may indicate whether the noun is referring to a definite or indefinite element of a class, to a closer or more distant element, to an element belonging to a specified person or thing, to a particular number or quantity, etc.

Types of determiners

• the definite article: the
• possessives: my, your, his, her, its; our, their, whose
• demonstratives: this, that, these, those
• interrogatives: which
• a; an; any; another; other; what

EXAMPLE :

I will explain about type and example for each determiners.

Function	General Determiner	Example Noun Phrase
general determiner + singular countable noun	a & an (indefinite articles)	a table, an orange
	another (difference word)	another man
	any, no (quantifier)	any report, no journey
	each, every, neither (distributive)	each pair, every student, neither spoon (nor fork)
determiner + plural countable noun	all, both (distributive)	all books, several magazines
	some, any, no, many, few, several (quantifier)	some people, any new books, no jobs, many clothes, few activities
	other (difference words)	other tasks
	enough, more, most	enough dollars, more tips, most batteries
determiner + uncountable noun	all (distributive)	all furniture
	some, any, no, little, less, much (quantifier)	some paper, any time, no money, little information, less sugar, much coffee
	more, most, enough	more advice, most cheese, enough money

1.   The beginning of my life is interesting.

2.   I am a new mathematics teacher in this school

3.  I work in this school

source

• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner