Tugas Softskill Definition, Pattern, and Example of Determiners

Determiners

1. Definition:
Determiner is a word or group of words that are placed in front of the noun to restrict the meaning of the noun.

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

2. Pattern:

We can put the determiners before noun. Determiners we put before noun because determiners explain the noun which we include in the sentence.

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

The general determiners are:

• a; an; any; another; other; what

1. General determiner + singular countable noun

2. Determiner + plural countable noun

3. Determiner + uncountable noun

This are the general determiner, for the explanation and example I will explain in Explanation and Example site

3. Explanation and Example of Determiner

            For my explanation, determiner almost have the same function with article, and we can be said that article is the part of determiner. Determiner is the word which can explain that noun are specific or not and give the indirectly explanation about the noun.

            Determiner is the little material in English but give the different meaning.
I will explain about type and example for each determiners.

Function	General Determiner	Example Noun Phrase
general determiner + singular countable noun	a & an (indefinite articles)	a table, an orange
	another (difference word)	another man
	any, no (quantifier)	any report, no journey
	each, every, neither (distributive)	each pair, every student, neither spoon (nor fork)
determiner + plural countable noun	all, both (distributive)	all books, several magazines
	some, any, no, many, few, several (quantifier)	some people, any new books, no jobs, many clothes, few activities
	other (difference words)	other tasks
	enough, more, most	enough dollars, more tips, most batteries
determiner + uncountable noun	all (distributive)	all furniture
	some, any, no, little, less, much (quantifier)	some paper, any time, no money, little information, less sugar, much coffee
	more, most, enough	more advice, most cheese, enough money

• the definite article: the
• possessives: my, your, his, her, its; our, their, whose
• demonstratives: this, that, these, those
• interrogatives: which
• a; an; any; another; other; what

We use a specific determiner when we believe the listener/reader knows exactly what we are referring to:

- Can you pass me the Pepper please?

- Look at those lovely dolls.

- Thank you for your gift.

- Whose Jacket is this?

In this sentence we can see that all the sentence refers to specific thing, people and condition.

Source:

http://aderikardo.blogspot.com/2012/09/determiner-quantifier.html

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers

http://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-macam-contoh-kalimat-determiner