can you find more words that acts as both derminers and pronouns? make a list
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Determiners used as pronouns
Grammar > Nouns, pronouns and determiners > Determiners > Determiners used as pronouns
from English Grammar Today
Determiners are words such as the, my, this, some, twenty, each, any, which are used before nouns. We can also use some determiners as pronouns (i.e. without a noun following and when the meaning is clear without including the noun).
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before a noun
as a pronoun (no noun following)
Would you like some bread with your soup?
I’ve got a bar of chocolate here. Would you like some?
We didn’t have enough volunteers to make the project work.
A:
Do you need more paper?
B:
No. I’ve got enough, thanks.
Several people complained about the slow service.
It’s not just one school that is in financial difficulty; there are several.
Determiners which can be used as pronouns in this way are:
(a) few
either
less
neither
these
(a) little
enough
many
one, two, three, etc.
this
another
fewer
more
several
those
any
fewest
most
some
which
both
least
much
that
whose
each
I’ve had a lot of pairs of sunglasses of different kinds, and I’ve lost a few over the years on various trips.
A:
D’you want tea or coffee?
B:
Neither, thanks. I’ve just had breakfast.
A:
Which shoes do you want to put on?
B:
Pass me those, please. The black ones
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The ,
Those ,
That,
There,