Determiners
These pages explain the grammar and usage of determiners, with example sentences.
Main Determiners
These are the main determiners. There can be only ONE main determiner in a noun phrase (for more about this, see order of determiners):
Articles
a/an, the
Demonstrative Determiners
this/that, these/those
Possessive Determiners
my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Pre-Determiners and Post-Determiners
Pre-determiners come before main determiners and post-determiners come after main determiners. (For how many and where, see order of determiners.)
Quantifiers
all, every, most, many, much, some, few, little, any, no...
Numbers
cardinal and ordinal numbers
double/twice/three times...
Interrogative Determiners
whose, what, which
More about Determiners
ZERO Article
When we don't need a determiner
Order of Determiners
Determiners go at the front of a noun phrase, but which determiners go in what order?
Determiners versus Pronouns
How not to confuse determiners with pronouns
Determiners Quiz
How well do you really understand determiners?