This document discusses the use of determiners in English grammar. It explains that determiners like "all", "most", "some", and "a few" are used with "of" when referring to specific people or things. It provides examples of general statements using just a determiner and noun versus more specific statements using a determiner, "of", and another determiner and noun or object pronoun. The document notes exceptions for "a lot of" and optional "of" with "all" before determiners but not object pronouns. It also addresses "no" and subject-verb agreement after "none of".

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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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