English Grammar: a resource Book for Students
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English Grammar- A Resource Book for Students
Classes of determiners
Determiners can be divided into a number of separate subclasses: a) demonstratives: this, that, these, those b) possessives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their (see B2) c) articles: the (definite), a/an (indefinite) (see B3 for more about them) d) interrogatives: which, what, whose (Whose money was stolen?) (see B9) e) relatives: whose (the boy whose money was stolen) (See B10) f ) wh-ever words: whatever, whichever (Whatever choice you make will be wrong.) g) quantifiers: all, any, both, each, either, enough, every, few, little, much, many, no, several, some h) personal pronouns: us, we, you (‘you people’). Which of the above classes can also be pronouns? Which cannot? It is not always easy to decide which words are determiners. There are several classes of words whose status as determiners is debatable, numerals (numbers) in particular. In fact, there are two classes of numerals: a) the cardinal numerals: one, two, three, etc. These seem to be most like quantifiers (but precise ones as opposed to vague ones), since they can function as determin ers (e.g. two friends) and pronouns (e.g. two (of them) are coming); compare this with some. They can also combine with definite determiners (my two friends) or have plural inflections like nouns: They arrived in twos and threes. b) the ordinal numerals: first, second, third, etc. plus next and last. They are also preceded by definite determiners: the second week and can function as nouns: A third of the class was missing. In other words, numerals are very hard to classify, and it may be best to put them in a separate word class. We also need to bear in mind that the genitive of nouns (A2) occupies the same position in noun phrase structure as determiners, e.g. John’s money. Download 1.74 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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