The Determiner English Grammar This is the first class of the English course “English (65712)”. This course is part of the Polytechnic discipline of the Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB). As the polytechnic and Class 11 and Class 12 syllabus is similar, this class will be useful for HSC Class 11, and Class 12 students. This class is also part of BCS Preparation as the first topic of the BCS Preliminary Syllabus. Therefore this class will be useful for everyone who is preparing for any kind of job or admission exam in Bangladesh.

 

The Determiner English Grammar

 

What Is a Determiner? – Meaning and Definition

A determiner is a word that is used to modify or introduce the noun in a sentence. It mostly acts like an adjective in that it refers to the noun. Determiners include articles, adjectives of quantity, demonstrative adjectives, possessive adjectives, etc. A determiner need not always be at the beginning of a sentence; it can be used with nouns placed anywhere in the sentence.

A determiner, according to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, is defined as “a word such as the some, my, etc. that comes before a noun to show how the noun is being used”, and according to the Cambridge Dictionary, a determiner is “a word that is used before a noun to show which particular example of the noun you are referring to”.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a determiner as “a word (such as an article, possessive, demonstrative, or quantifier) that makes specific the denotation of a noun phrase”, and the Collins Dictionary defines it as “a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several.”

 

Types of Determiners

Determiners are classified into four main types namely,

• Articles (such as ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’)
• Possessive Determiners (such as ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’, ‘its’, ‘our’ and ‘their’)
• Demonstrative Determiners (such as ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘those’ and ‘these’)
• Quantifiers (such as ‘some’, ‘a few’, ‘many’, ‘a little’, ‘little’, ‘few’, ‘none’, etc)
• Distributive Determiners (such as ‘every’, ‘each’, ‘either’, ‘neither’, ‘both’, ‘all’, ‘half’, etc.)

 

Examples of Determiners – Learn How They Are Used

Here are a few examples of determiners to help you learn how exactly they are used in sentences.

• My house is being renovated.
• This movie is interesting.
• I bought some apples and mangoes.
• She gifted me an autographed copy of my favourite book.
• Vanessa liked the dress I gave her.
• Santana and Brittany sang a song together.
• The Glee Club of William McKinley High School won the International Acapella Championship.
• Rachel offered to make the dessert.
• A few girls have gone to practise for the Teachers Day programme.
• I need those books I gave you last month.

 

 

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