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Another way of saying 'definite article', which I personally find more useful. People use determiners to determine just what exactly they are talking about: | Another way of saying 'definite article', which I personally find more useful. People use determiners to determine just what exactly they are talking about: | ||
− | <ul> <li><u>his</u> cat</li> <li><u>a</u> stray cat</li> <li><u>any</u> cat</li> <li><u>all</u> cats</li> <li><u>no</u> cats</li> <li><u>that</u> fat cat</li> <li><u>these</u> kittens</li> <li><u>those</u> mice</li> <li>them (nb: not a determiner)</li> | + | <ul> <li><u>his</u> cat</li> (possessive determiner) <li><u>a</u> stray cat</li> (indefinite determiner) <li><u>any</u> cat</li> <li><u>all</u> cats</li> <li><u>no</u> cats</li> <li><u>that</u> fat cat</li> <li><u>these</u> kittens</li> <li><u>those</u> mice</li> <li>them (nb: not a determiner, but a personal object pronoun)</li> |
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Revision as of 13:02, 17 January 2016
definite article
two pronunciations: ðə before a consonant, and ði before a vowel.
The sound ð is often deictic. That means it points to something in the world (or something that's been pointed out earlier in the course of discussion). (digit - doigt - deixis)
e.g. there, them, they, then, this, that, thus, therefore, these, those, thither, whither, etc.
definite determiner
Another way of saying 'definite article', which I personally find more useful. People use determiners to determine just what exactly they are talking about:
- his cat (possessive determiner)
- a stray cat (indefinite determiner)
- any cat
- all cats
- no cats
- that fat cat
- these kittens
- those mice
- them (nb: not a determiner, but a personal object pronoun)
correlative construction
- The more, the merrier...
- The longer I waited to go to the hospital, the worse it got...