1. English Determiners about 50
excluding cardinal numbers
A determiner functions as a noun-modifier and
expresses the reference of a noun or noun-phrase
in the context. It does not express
attributes as does an adjective
Basic determiners
Words from determiner class- the,this,that,
these, those or determiner phrases
like almost all, more than two
Subject determiners
possessive noun phrases like my friend,
,
the girl’s puppy
Minor Determiners
plain noun phrases like what color curtain,
that size box and prepositional phrases
like under twenty , up to one hundred
