1. Determiners like articles, quantifiers, demonstrative adjectives, and possessive adjectives go before nouns. Articles include a, an, and the. Quantifiers indicate amount or number. 2. Articles are used with count nouns to indicate specificity or generality. The indefinite articles a and an are used for general reference, while the definite article the indicates specific reference. 3. Quantifiers are used with count and noncount nouns to indicate amounts. Common quantifiers include some, many, few, lots of, and a little. Quantifiers differ in affirmative and negative contexts.