Topic 9: Determiners

Determiners are words that provide more information about a noun, such as quantity, possession, or specificity. They help clarify which noun is being referred to. Determiners come before nouns and can be categorized into several types:


1. Demonstratives: Indicate specific nouns in relation to the speaker.

   - Examples: this, that,these, those

2. Possessives: Show ownership or relation.

   - Examples: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

3. Quantifiers: Indicate the amount or quantity of a noun.

   - Examples: some, many, few, several,all, each 

4. Interrogative Determiners: Used to ask questions about nouns.

   - Examples: which, what, whose

Determiners help specify and limit the meaning of nouns in sentences.

Comments

  1. JamesAugust 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM

    Clearly defined

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  2. Cotta ndjozeAugust 15, 2024 at 9:02 AM

    Good

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  3. Jr_gharine_02August 15, 2024 at 9:10 AM

    Great 😇...

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  4. VanessaAugust 15, 2024 at 12:22 PM

    Wow in details

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  5. MbinoAugust 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM

    I would like to know more about recognitions and association of the written word with the spoken word..

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    1. MoeshaAugust 16, 2024 at 3:33 AM

      We will surely discuss that in our next lesson because Recognition and association of the written word with the spoken word is a fundamental process in reading and language comprehension. This involves several cognitive and neurological mechanisms

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  6. ShaddaiAugust 16, 2024 at 6:14 AM

    The English language made simpler

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