complete the following sentences using suitable determiners
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Explanation:
A physical quantity is any phenomenon that can be measured with an instrument or be calculated for. A physical quantity can be expressed as a value, which is the algebraic multiplication of a numerical value and a unit.
saw a juggler yesterday.
My uncle is an officer in the army.
This car is very comfortable.
Some pictures are really fine.
Have you any complaint against me?
She is blind in one eye.
In the above sentences, a, an, the, this, my, some, any, and one are words which mark the subsequent arrival of a noun. Each of them modifies the noun which follows it. Such words are called Determiners or Fixing words as they fix the Nouns that follow them.
Here is a tentative list of the most frequently used Determiners:
(a) a, an, the (Article Determiners)
(b) this, that, these, those (Demonstrative Determiners)
(c) my, our, your, his, her, its, their, one’s (Possessive Determiners)
(d) one, two, three, etc. (Definite Numerical Determiners)
(e) some, any, no; all, both; much, many; few, less, several, little (Indefinite Numeral Determiners)
(f) each, every, either, neither (Distributive Numeral Determiners)
USE OF SOME COMMON DETERMINERS
(a) A, An, The [Article Determiners]
‘A’ and ‘ah’ are used before countable singular nouns. A’ is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound, while ‘an’ is used before words with a vowel sound as—
A hen laid an egg yesterday.
An elephant killed a boy.
She wants to be a painter.
I saw a boy reading a book.
It is not a crow. It is an owl.
‘The’ is a weakened form of ‘that’.
‘The’ is used to particularise a person or a thing as—
Call the boy (who is) waiting outside.
The apples in that basket are quite fresh.
Bring me the purse I gave you.
I reached the school late.
The girl who stood first was given a prize.
(b) This, That, These, Those [Demonstrative Determiners]
I. That (in case of plural, those)
(a) It is used to avoid the repetition of the preceding noun(s). e.g.
My bat is better than that of my friend.
Our soldiers are better equipped than those of Pakistan.
(b) It refers to person(s) or thing(s) far from the speaker, e.g.
Get that dog out of here.
Those houses are for sale.
II. This (in case of plural, these)
(a) It refers to persons or thing(s) near the speaker, e.g.
This book is very interesting.
These flowers are very beautiful.
(c) My, Our, Your, His, Her, Its, Their, One’s [Possessive Determiners]