The Determiner- The Use of Important Determiners
1.2.b- The Determiner- The Use of Important Determiners
The Determiner
Use of Some Important Determiners
Rule-1: Both, all, such, half, many, quite āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύ Noun āĻā§ Modify āĻāϰāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠Noun āĻāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ article āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ (both / all + the āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻā§āϞ⧠+ a an) āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ
1.Incorrect: A half loaf is better than no loaf .
Correct: Half a loaf is better than no loaf.
2.Incorrect: I want such thing.
Correct: I want such a thing.
3.Incorrect: The all world is a stage.
Correct: All the world is a stage.
Rule-2: many a / an āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠singular noun āĻāĻŦāĻ singular verb āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ
1.Incorrect: Many a men were listening to him.
Correct: Many a man was listening to him.
2.Incorrect: Many an ants were rushing.
Correct: Many an ant was rushing.
Rule-3: āϤāĻŦā§ many / a great many / a good many āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠Plural noun āĻāĻŦāĻ Plural verb āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ
Incorrect: We saw that a great many bird was bathing there.
Correct: We saw that a great many birds were bathing there.
Rule-4: Few, a few, the few, very few āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠Plural countable noun āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ Little, a little, the little, very little āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠uncountable noun āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻā§āϝ āϝā§, few āĻāĻŦāĻ little āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ Negative āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻĻā§ā§ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ ’āύā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āύāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāϞ⧒ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ
1.Incorrect:Few reference book may be checked out.
Correct: Few reference books may be checked out.
2.Incorrect: Give the cat a little fishes.
Correct: Give the cat a little fish.
Note: Little, a little / few, a few āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻž āĻ āϰā§āĻāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§: āĻāĻāĻĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻāύ āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻā§āϰāĻ āĻ āϰā§āϧ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰ⧠āϏā§āĻ ( āĻ āϰā§āϧā§āĻ āϏā§āĻ) āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāϞāϞāĻ How sad! I have little happiness. āĻ āύā§āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāϞāϞāĻ How wonderful! I have a little happiness. āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻŦā§ Little, a little āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž few, a few āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϰāĨ¤ Negative āĻŽāύā§āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ little / few āĻāĻŦāĻ Positive āĻŽāύā§āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ a little / a few āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
Rule-5: few / little āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ only āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻ āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ Only a few / only a little āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ
1.Incorrect: Only few students are lazy.
Correct: only a few students are lazy.
2.Incorrect: We will need only little food.
Correct: We will need only a little food.
3.Incorrect: Only few crop can be grown on arid land.
Correct: only a few crops can be grown on arid land. [crop- āĻļāϏā§āϝ, Crops- āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ, āĻļāϏā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ ]
Rule-6: Any āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ negative āĻāĻŦāĻ Interrogative āĻāĻā§ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠Some āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ Affirmative āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ 1. Incorrect: She did not give me some books.
Correct: She did not give me any books.
2.Incorrect: He has any new books.
Correct: He has some new books.
[āϤāĻŦā§ āϝ⧠āϏāĻāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§āϧāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ affirmative āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§, āϤāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠some āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ Will you bring me some water?]
Rule-7: Another (an + other) āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠singular noun, other āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠plural noun āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ any other āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠Singular / plural noun āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ
1. Incorrect: Give me another mangoes.
Correct: Give me another mango.
2. Incorrect: He went to Khulna, Dhaka and other place.
Correct: He went to Khulna, Dhaka and other places.
Rule-8: Enough āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻĻāĻŋ Noun āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ Adjective / Adverb āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻā§āϝ āϝā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Grammarian āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāϤ āĻĻā§āύ āϝā§, enough āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ Noun āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāϏā§- āϤāĻž āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āύā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ 1. It is not cold enough to wear a heavy jacket.
2. She speaks Spanish well enough to be an interpreter.
3. Do you have enough sugar for the cake?
Another important point about using determiner
Determiner āĻāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āϰāĻĒā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ uncountable Noun āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻāύāύāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻāĨ¤
The following kinds of nouns are uncountable:-
1. Food: bread, meat, butter etc
2. Material: wood, iron, glass etc
3. Substance with small parts: rice, sand, sugar etc
4. Things of different size: clothing, furniture, luggage etc
5. Abstract concept: beauty, peace, ignorance etc.
6. Unit object: food, money, soap, paper etc
7. Disease: measles, mumps (āĻĒāύāĻļāĻŋāĻāĻž), cholera etc
8. Subject area: economics, physics, mathematics etc
9. Fluids: water, milk, oil etc
10. Gases: air, smoke, oxygen etc
11. Games: football, cricket, tennis etc
12. Other intangibles (āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§): Advice, information, knowledge etc
13. Verbal nouns: camping, cooking, jumping etc
āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ:
āĻāĻĒāϰā§āϰ Noun āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ⧠a / an āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§ Noun āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ bit of / piece of / slice of āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠a / an āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ
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a bit / piece of news |
a grain (āĻāύāĻž) of sand |
a cake / bar of soap |
a clap (āĻĒā§āϰāĻāύā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ)of thunder |
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a drop of oil |
a piece of advice |
a gust (āĻĻāĻŽāĻāĻž) of wind |
a bolt (āĻŦāĻā§āϰ) of lightning |
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a sheet of paper |
a pane (āĻļāĻžāϰā§āϏāĻŋ) of glass |
a loaf / slice of bread |
an ear (āĻļāĻŋāϏ) of corn |
Example in sentence: Incorrect: Do you have an information about it?
Correct: Do you have information about it?
Or, Do you have any information about it?
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻŦā§āϧāĻ Noun āĻāĻā§, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ countable āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻāĻŋ uncountable āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ
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Countable Noun |
Uncountable |
Countable Noun |
Uncountable |
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a climate / climates a laugh / laughs a human being / human beings a job / jobs a sunbeam / sunbeams |
weather laughter humanity work sunlight; sunshine |
a machine / machines a man / men a person / persons a snowflake / snowflakes a traffic jam / traffic jams |
machinery mankind; man people snow traffic |