Determiners

 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.

                      P

2. Most determiners are pronoun and are exactly  same word.

Example- this, that, these those some, any, either, neither etc.

3.Some determiners and pronouns look similar but are not exactly the same.

Example- 1. Your and Yours

                       P             D

                 2. Her and Hers

                       P            D