What is a Determiner (adjective)? Give a brief account of different types of determiners (adjective)?
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Answer:
determiner is a word that introduces a noun. It always comes before a noun, not after, and it also comes before any other adjectives used to describe the noun
Explanation:
There are many types of determiners:
Articles
There are three articles: a, an, and the.
Indefinite Articles
A and an are indefinite articles that serve the same purpose, but they cannot be used interchangeably, because ‘a’ is only used before words that begin with consonants, and ‘an’ is used only before words that begin with vowels. (Note: ‘an’ before ‘h’ when it is silent, as in ‘hour’ and ‘honour’; ‘a’ before ‘u’ and ‘eu’ when they sound like ‘you’, as in ‘European’ and ‘university’.
The uses of the indefinite article are as follows:
To refer to some member of a group, class or category. For example, He is a doctor (profession)/an Indian (nationality)/a Hindu (religion).
To refer to a kind of or example of something. For example, He has a large nose/a thick beard/a strange aunt.
Preceding singular nouns, with the words ‘what’ and ‘such’. For example What a car! Oh, that’s such a shame!
To mean ‘one’ object, whether a person or thing. For example, The thieves stole a necklace and a portrait.
To refer to something that is being mentioned for the first time. For example, There was a chill in the air.
Note:
We usually say a hundred, a thousand, a million, etc.
‘A’ is not indiscriminately used to refer to singular objects; ‘one’ is used when emphasis is required. For example, There is only one way out of this mess.