determiners

Question 1

what are demonstratives used for?

Answer 1

they are used to demonstrate something
sort of singles out “those boys”

this, that, these, those

Question 2

what are three examples of demonstrative determiners?

Answer 2

this, those, these, that

Question 3

what is a determiner?

Answer 3

closed class premodifiers for a noun

Question 4

what is a quantifier?

Answer 4

simply ordering, counting, measuring
no quality or evaluation

Question 5

how are quantifiers used as determiners?

Answer 5

for quantifiers to be a determiner they need to be used before a noun

Question 6

what are five examples of a quantifier (determiner)?

Answer 6

many, lots, several, only, three

Question 7

what are examples of possessive determiners?

Answer 7

my/ our
your (no plural form)
their/ her, his its

their = ungendered
our= plural form

Question 8

article determiner:
what is the definite article?
what are they used with?

Answer 8

definite= the (Infront of any noun)
- we use “the” when “i think you know which 1 i mean” (or ones) e.g. “the students”
= used for specificity

e.g. “ a man walked up to me, the man said”
you know which man they are talking about

Question 9

article determiner:
what are the indefinite articles?
What are they used with?

Answer 9

indefinite= a, an
only for singular, countable nouns
introducing something new

Question 10

what is a distributive determiner?

Answer 10

goes before a noun for clarification
used to discuss the parts of a group in relation to the whole group (discuss divisions)
they modify nouns

Question 11

what are the nine examples of distributive determiners?

Answer 11

any
each
all
half
both
either
every
neither
none