PRE-DETERMINERS

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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 my 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 instead of multiplying the quantity of noun, it divide                                   the quantity,

Examples-

1. I ate only half of the cookie. 

2. She spends half of her pocket money in shopping.


3. INTENSIFIERS- It is used to add additional meaning to a noun or noun phrase and a determiner                                          before it. 

Words like such, what, rather , quite are used as intensifiers.

Examples-

1. What a beautiful day!

2. It was rather a chilly morning.


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