Question

He drank _____ milk he had.( little/the little) determiner

Answer 1

He drank the little milk he had.

Detailed answer

The little is the most appropriate word to be used at this moment as it gives a special meaning to the sentence.

• The sentence now conveys that the person drank the little milk that he had.
• The word little is the most grammatically appropriate word to be used in this sentence.
• Any other word would have made the sentence either grammatically incorrect or not meaningful.

Answer 2

Answer:

The determiner for the given blank space is 'the littlle'. Therefore the complete sentence is : He drank the little milk he had.

Explanation :

• Here 'the little' is a determiner and it has been used here to mean the quantity of milk he had. So 'the little' is an Adjective of Quantity.

• 'Little', 'a little' and 'the little' are used for uncount Nouns and here uncount noun is milk.

• The little means - not much ( negative ) and all that is ( positive ). Now we can easily conclude that he drank not much milk but drank all he had.

• Example : The little water in the bottle quenched his life.