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1. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

2. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

3. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

4. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

5. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

6. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

7. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

8. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

9. While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
There are at least seven determiners in this
sentence.
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
In the text below, select all determiners:

10. 1. his
2. his
3. a
4. a
5. the
6. the
7. his
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the determiners:

11. 1. his
Form: POSSESSIVE DETERMINER
Function: POSSESSIVE DETERMINER
(precedes and modifies the conjoined nouns
TEARS AND COMPLAINTS)
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the determiners:

12. 2. his
Form: POSSESSIVE DETERMINER
Function: POSSESSIVE DETERMINER
(precedes and modifies the noun HOUSE)
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the determiners:

13. 3. a
Form: INDEFINITE ARTICLE
Function: INDEFINITE ARTICLE
(precedes and modifies the noun SINK)
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the determiners:

14. 4. a
Form: INDEFINITE ARTICLE
Function: INDEFINITE ARTICLE
(precedes and modifies the noun SERVANT;
works in conjunction with FAITHFUL)
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the determiners:

15. 5. the
Form: DEFINITE ARTICLE
Function: DEFINITE ARTICLE
(precedes and modifies the noun FAMILY)
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the determiners:

16. 6. the
Form: DEFINITE ARTICLE
Function: DEFINITE ARTICLE
(precedes and modifies the noun MITYA;
works in conjunction with THREE-YEAR-OLD)
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the determiners:

17. 7. his
Form: POSSESSIVE DETERMINER
Function: POSSESSIVE DETERMINER
(precedes and modifies the noun CARE)
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov
Analyze the determiners:

18. For Discussion:
While he was wearying every one with his tears and
complaints, and turning his house into a sink of
debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory,
took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
How would you analyze and categorize every? Is
this a determiner? Is this a translation problem?
How would you analyze and categorize three-year-
old? Is this a determiner?
Determiners from The Brothers Karamazov

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