DETERMINER
Ø Definition of Determiner
What Is a Determiner?
In the midst of all the nouns, pronouns, adjectives and articles a student is
expected to learn, the determiner is often left by the wayside,
untaught or taught incorrectly. The determiner is an important noun modifier
which contextualizes a noun, often in terms of quantity and possession.
Determiners in English precede a noun phrase and includedemonstratives, possessives, and quantifiers.
Determiners in English
There are many different determiners in the English language.
- Articles
are among the most common of the determiners. A, an, and the all express
the definiteness and specificity of a noun. For example, “the” is a
definite article, meaning the person using the word is referring
to a specific one. On the other hand, “a” or “an” are indefinite.
- Demonstratives,
such as this, that, these and those, require a frame
of reference in which an individual can point out the entities
referred to by a speaker or a writer.
- Quantifiers,
such as all, few, and many, point out how much or how little of something
is being indicated.
- When
referring to an entity that belongs to another, you can use possessives.
My, your, their, and its are a fewexamples.
There are many other types of determiners. For
instance, cardinal numbers, the numbers that are written out in
English, are also included in the class of determiners. Determiners are
generally split into two groups—definite determiners and indefinite
determiners.
Ø Function of a Determiner
A determiner can take on a number of different meanings and
roles in a sentence. The determiner is used in every case to clarify the
noun.
·
They
may be used to demonstrate or define something or someone.
Quantifiers state how many of a thing, in number or
expression. A determiner is used to show that the noun indicated is a specific
one (that one), not an unspecific one (any).
·
They
may also state the differences between nouns.
While determiners may have a number of other functions, most
of them are related to these two key areas. The list of determiners only
numbers about 50 words, and all of these words are commonly used by most
individuals. Determiners are not difficult to get the grasp of when contrasted
with adjectives, and do not take too long for native English speakers to grasp.
After all, how many times have you had trouble deciding whether to say “the” or
“a”?
Ø List of Determiner in English
You need to know determiners to do well on the
TOEFL grammarsection.
We use determiners with nouns. The most common determiners
arethe, a, and an, but there are
many more that are also important.
Here's a list of most of the determiners:
List
ü the
ü a
ü an
ü another
ü no
ü 's
ü the
ü a
ü an
ü no
ü another
ü 's
ü some
ü any
ü my
ü our
ü their
ü her
ü his
ü its
ü another
ü no
ü 's
ü 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.
ü 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, etc.
ü each
ü every
ü certain
ü its
ü another
ü no
ü 's
ü this
ü that
Ø Example of Determiner
Example of general
determiner :
1.
Indefinite :
he is trying to look a new parfume
didalam determiner indefinite ini menjelaskan sesuatu
yang umum dimana pendengar atau membaca tidak megetahui secara pasti mana yang
dimaksud.
2.
Quatifier :
can you give me a fiew
minutes to tke a rest?
Didalam
determiner Quatifier ini menjelaskan atau menyatakan jumlah, dalam contoh ini
yaitu fiew minutes
3.
Distributive : where
all a my clothes?
Didalam
determiner distributive ini menejelaskan jumlah atau banyaknya sesuatu, dalam contoh
ini yaitu all
Example
of specific determiner :
1.
Demonstrative adjective : this
pencil is mine
Didalam
determiner demonstrative ini Digunakan untuk menerangkan benda yang terfokus
pada jumlah atau jarak. Dalam contoh ini yaitu kata ini.
2.
Possessive adjective : do you know where my book is?
Dalam determiner possessive adjective ini menejelaskan
tentang kepemilikan, dalam contoh yaitu book.
Definite
Article
The
definite article is the word the. It is used before a noun to specify it as
something previously considered. There are two types of articles:
The
Definite Article (the)
The
Indefinite Article (a and an).
The
articles are classified as adjectives.
The
is known as the definite article because it indicates something specific.
In
contrast to the definite article is the indefinite article (a or an), which
indicates something unspecific. Of interest, the is the most commonly used word
in English.
Examples
of the Definite Article
Here
are some sentences which compare the use of definite and indefinite articles:
1.
Can we go to the
park?
(The
park is specific. It is known to the speaker and the listener.)
2.
Can we go to a
park?
(The
park is unspecific. The speaker doesn't care which one.)
1.
I have found a
solution to the problem.
(The
solution is not yet known by the listener. The problem is known to the speaker
and the listener.)
2.
I have found a
solution to a problem.
(This
would attract a response like Good for you. What problem? The speaker's use of
a tells us that the problem is not known to the listener.)
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friend. It’s definitely by the teenagers especially me alone. One day, founda man through a facebook account. His name
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After often send messages through facebook, we decided
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