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PRE-DETERMINERS Pre-determiners are the words which occur before a determiner and gives more information about a noun or noun phrase. Example- 1. She speaks to my friend four times   a    week .                                                Pre-d.     D  Noun 2. What    an   elegant dress !     Pre-d  D                 Noun 3.Mohan is such      an   intelligent   boy.                     Pre-d  D                      N 4. She now earns double to her previous salary.                                Pre-d        D     Noun Phrase 5.  All m y  friends are going to attend the party.   Pre-d  D     Noun TYPES OF PRE-DETERMINERS 1. Multipliers 2. Fractions 3. Intensifiers 1. MULTIPLIERS-   It modifies the noun by multiplying the quantity that can be once, double, thrice,                                     four times, five times etc. Examples- 1. He has visited the doctor six times this year. 2. My mother called me two times yesterday. 2. FRACTIONS- As the word fractions indicate inste

 DETERMINERS Determiners are words which placed before a noun phrase to indicate what a noun refers. Determiners tell us 'how many' or 'how much'. Determiners are always used before a noun, not after that. Example- 1. A boy is standing here.                  2. They purchased all the dresses.                  3. Every students has completed his project work.                  4. Both the kids are cute. TYPES OF DETERMINERS 1. ARTICLES - a, an, the 2. POSSESSIVES- my, our, your, his, her, its , their 3. DEMONSTRATIVES- this, that, these, those 4. QUANTIFIERS- much, both, some several, all ARE DETERMINERS AND PRONOUN SAME? 1. Determiners are used before noun where as pronouns are used in the place of noun. Example- 1. Those   books are mine.                        D         N                  2. Those are mine.                         p                  3. My   dress is of blue colour.                      D       N                  4. Mine is of red colour.