Determinants

Content

• Types of determinants
• Sentences with determinants
• Determinants or adverbs?
• Determinants or pronouns?

The determinants they are variable words that accompany the noun to determine, quantify or specify its meaning. The number and gender of the determiner always coincide with the noun it accompanies. For example: Could not find East book. /  its exam was outstanding.

The determiners are usually placed in front of the noun, although there are times when they are placed behind. In these cases, they are called determining adjectives because they fulfill an intermediate function between the adjective and the determiner. For example: The car that. 

Types of determinants

1. Predeterminants. All Tear, tears, todes.
2. Updaters. They update the noun in space, time and context.
   • Articles. They indicate whether the noun they accompany is unknown (or determined) or known (or indeterminate). They are:
     • Determined. The, the, the, the.
     • Undetermined: One, one, one, one.
     • Neutral. The.
   • Possessive. They indicate who has or to whom the noun they accompany belongs and indicate whether one or more people have it. They also work as determinative pronouns or adjectives:
     • A single possessor
       • Singular. My, you, his, our, our, yours, yours, his, yours.
       • Plural. My, your, their, our, our, your, yours, their, yours.
     • Various holders.
       • Singular. Our, our, yours, yours, his.
       • Plural. Our, our, your, yours, their.
   • Demonstrative. They indicate the distance between the emitter and the object or subject that is being discussed. They function as determiner pronouns and adjectives. They can be grouped as follows:
     • • Close. This this these these.
       • Half. That, that, those, those.
       • Far. That one those ones.
3. Quantifiers. They count, they list, they indicate quantities.
   • Intensive or indefinite. They denote quantity in an indeterminate, indefinite or inaccurate way.
     • Extensive. So, less, more.
     • Undefined. Some, quite, too much, true, little, none, much, other, quite a few, few, some, too many, certain, others, many, none, some, quite a little, certain, too much, none, other, a lot, some, few, enough, certain, others, none, many, too many.
   • Numerals. They denote order, number, quantity, divisibility, multiplicity or distribution. In addition, they can fulfill the function of pronoun or determining adjective.
     • Distributive. Both of us.
     • Partitive or divisor. Half, third.
     • Multiplicatives. Double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sixfold.
     • Cardinals. One, one, two, three, four, five, one hundred, one thousand.
     • Ordinals. First, first, second, second, third, third, tenth, tenth.
4. Exclamatory and interrogative. They introduce the noun in a question or exclamation. They are used at the beginning of an exclamatory or interrogative sentence. Also, they work like pronouns.
   • Exclamatory. How much…! How many…! How much…! How many…! What…!
   • Interrogatives. How much ...? How many ...? How much ...? How many ...? What ...?

Sentences with determinants

Sentences with possessive determiners

1. Our house is on the shore of the lake.
2. Our children stayed in the park.
3. its bike was damaged.
4. I found your socks.
5. its dog has fleas.
6. This pencil is of yours.
7. your brother made a goal.
8. My earrings are in the bathroom.
9. Their grandchildren are loving.
10. Me home is its House.

Sentences with numeral determinants

1. Both of them students failed the exam.
2. Top five on getting to the bar they have a free drink.
3. The impression double face is cheaper.
4. This artifact has a fivefold function.
5. Three children got lost on the beach.
6. I am in the second ranking position.
7. Three months I had to wait for my order to arrive.
8. The quarter house is my grandmother's.
9. The half of the guests were late.
10. There are a plate per person.
11. Preparation leads Two Hundred grams of sugar.
12. Surplus four bottles.
13. Going to Paris was my second option.
14. He was my first boss.
15. The office is in the seventh floor.
16. I am in the fourth year of college.
17. The hard movie seventy
18. You have a pencil by hand?
19. Is the quarter time he asks me the same thing.
20. The tale has four pages.

Sentences with undefined determinants

1. The room has too much light.
2. I have more hungry than before.
3. We do not have none certainty yet.
4. The student listed some formulas.
5. Show me others singers like him.
6. we expected less repercussions.
7. The movie has Many mistakes.
8. Needed more money.
9. I do not have no problem.
10. You can't be so tired.

Sentences with exclamatory and interrogative determiners

1. ¿What is the most interesting book on World War I?
2. ¡How many wallets you have!
3. ¡What so beautiful news that I just told you!
4. ¿How much silver do you need?
5. ¿How many children do you have? 

Sentences with predetermines

1. Everything the world applauded.
2. I have all the afternoon free.
3. Everybody the students passed the exam.
4. All the dancers must wear white.

Sentences with demonstrative determinants

1. East book is very interesting.
2. Those stockings are old.
3. That kitten is from my grandmother.
4. These dresses are too big for me.
5. That tie matches best.

Determinants or adverbs?

It is common to confuse some determiners with adverbs. The difference is that adverbs modify the verb, while determiners modify the noun. Furthermore, adverbs do not vary in gender and number and determiners do.

For example: The boy had too much joy. / The boy was too happy. In the first case, the word "too much" works as a determiner (and varies in gender and number to coincide with the noun "joy"), while in the second case it works as an adverb (it does not vary in gender and number).

Determinants or pronouns?

Most of the determiners also fulfill the function of pronouns, either by maintaining their form, modifying it or adapting it. For example: My children ate ice cream. ("mis" is determinative) / With my children ate ice cream ("my" is a pronoun).