Determiner and Preposition

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Determiner

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.