What is determiners ?name and explain …

Determiners are the words that modify nouns.

Determiners function like adjectives. They are also called as fixing words.

Characteristics of Determiners

▪︎ A determiner may identify two or more persons or things.

▪︎ A determiner may indicate a quanity or amount.

▪︎ A determiner may determine or fix a place, person or things.

▪︎ A determiner may precede numberals or objects.

Classification of Determiners

Determiners can be classified into

1. Article : A, An, The.

2. Demonstrative Adjectives : this, that, these, those.

3. Quantifiers : This is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity.

The types of quantifiers are as follows

i. Definite

ii. Indefinite

iii. Distributive

iv. Difference

v. Comparative

4. Possessives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, mine etc..

Examples of Articles- A, An, The

A women, A tree, A dog

An orange, An egg, An horse

The People, The Pen, The sen times

Examples of Demonstrative Adjectives- This, That, These, Those

▪︎My bat is better than that of my friend.

▪︎ Our soldiers are better equipped than those of Pakistan.

▪︎ This book is very interesting.

▪︎ Those flowers are very beautiful.

Examples of Quantifiers

▪︎ There are some books on the desk.

▪︎ How much money have you got?

▪︎ He's got more friends than his sister.

Examples of Possessive

▪︎ He is my brother.

▪︎ She is her friend.