Determiner
is a word that is put in front of the noun whose function is to explain the
noun.
classification
of determiner :
1. DEFINITE
/ INDEFINITE ARTICLES
Article
for this group is the, a, an. Definite Article is used to indicate a specific
noun that can already be understood by the listener or reader. While Indefinite
Definite Article is the opposite of the Article.
When
an article is considered definite and indefinite?
Ø Definite, if
the writer or speaker has said the same thing before or specialize in an object.
Ø Indefinite,
is the opposite of a definite.
example:
I
bought a novel yesterday. The novel is Borrowed by Annie today.
NOTE
# "A"
in "a novel" is the Indefinite Article, because I have never mentioned
a previous novel.
# "The"
on "the novel" is a Definite artcile novel because I already
mentioned in the first sentence.
# The
use of "the" in "the novel" in the second sentence is
specified that "the novel is borrowed by Annie" is "a novel
which I bought yesterday".
2. DEMONSTRATIVES
Demonstrative
is said pointer. Can serve as a demonstrative pronouns and adjectives.
The
words used in the Demonstrative is this, that, these, those.
example:
~ That
house is mine.
~ I'd
like to buy those cakes.
3. POSSESSIVE
Possessive
shows possession. The words are often used is my, your, his, her, its, our,
their.
example:
~ Her
house is big.
~ She
is waiting for my husband.
4. QUANTIFIERS
Quantifiers
are words that show the number like a few, a little, much, many, a lot of,
most, some, any, enough, etc..
example:
~ I do
not have much money.
~ She
has a lot of books at home.
5. NUMBERS
Are
words that show numbers like one, two, forty, third, forth, etc..
example:
~ I have one wife.
~ She has three children.
6. PERSONAL
Personal
sebject determiners is placed in front of the noun it explains that is used to
put pressure on the Subject line.
At
the determiner of this type, we do not use "word auxiliary
(auxliary)" after the first subject (Personal determiner) it.
example:
~ You Jones, come here!
~ We teachers.
7. EXCLAMATIVE
That is the word that calls for something.
example:
~ What a body!
~ What eyes!
Preposition
Preposition are the words that are placed / used before a
noun or pronoun to indicate relations with parts of another sentence.
examples and the meaning of :
NOTE:
1. At & In (place = place)
"In" is used for the name of the country and
major city. "At" is used for a small town, for example:
~ Dina lives in New York.
~ She passed her holiday at Stockholm village.
2. At, In, and On (time = time)
"At" is used for the right time, "in"
is used for a part time, and "on" is used to name the day or date,
for example:
~ I usually get up at six o'clock.
~ He takes a walk in the afternoon.
~ They are going to go fishing on Sunday.
3. Between and Among
"Between" is used between two people or
objects. Whereas "among" is used when a person or object among many,
for example:
~ I stand between the two girls.
~ I stand among a crowd of girls.
4. By, Before, & Since
Can be used for a certain time limit, for example:
~ You must go home by five o'clock.
~ She did not go home before five o'clock.
~ She has been here since five o'clock.
