Grammar determiners

1. Determiners
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Subject: English
Grade: IX
Topic: Determiners
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General Statements
(determiner + noun)
All elementary schools have
math teachers.
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No student in my class likes
exams.

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All, most, some, and a few are used with of when they refer to
more specific people or things; before other determiners such
as the, my, your, this, that; or before object pronouns such as
us or them.
Specific Statements
(determiner+ of+ determiner+ noun)
Most of my friends go to the library after school.

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All of the students enjoyed the
science class.
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Most of those students speak
both English and Hindi.

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Specific statements with object pronoun
(determiner + of + object pronoun)
All of them liked the
camping trip.
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A few of us helped mother lay the
table.

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The exceptions are a lot of, which is
a fixed expression, and all.
With all, of is optional before determiners, but not
before object pronouns.
A lot of students go to
school by bus.
A lot of them go to school
by bus.
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No is not followed by of or by a determiner.
After none of + plural noun or pronoun, the verb can be
plural or singular, though some people think a singular
verb is “more correct.”
None of the students were interested in writing.
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