Determiners & Quantifiers
General & Specific Determiners Determiners are words which come at the beginning of the noun phrase . They tell us whether the noun phrase is specific or general. Determiners are either specific or general Specific Determiners The specific determiners are: the definite article: the possessives: my , your , his , her , its ; our , their , whose demonstratives: this , that , these , those interrogatives: which We use a specific determiner when we believe the listener/reader knows exactly what we are referring to: Can you pass me the salt please? Look at those lovely flowers. Thank you very much for your letter. Whose coat is this? General Determiners The general determiners are: a; an; any; another; other; what When we are talking about things in general and the listener/read...