What are determiners?
Determiners are the words which are used before nouns to determine or fix their meaning.
Types:
1- Articles : a/an, the
2- Demonstrative adjectives : this, that, these, those
3-Possessives : my, our, your, his, her, its, their
4- Adjectives (Quantity & Number) : some, any, much, many, all, both, little, few,several, less, one, two, etc.
5- Others : each, every, next, another, either, either, first, second , etc
A- Used before singular countable nouns beginning with consonant sound.
Example- a one-eyed man, a unique place, a European, a University, a Mango etc.
An– Used before singular countable nouns beginning with vowel sound.
Example- an Indian, an hour, an umbrella, an honest boy (Mute ‗h‘)
Definite article (the) – Used before both countable and uncountable nouns.
Usage:-
1- When we talk about something for the second time in the same context or anything qualified by a phrase.
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