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Determines

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Nouns are often advanced by the words the, or a. These words are called. DETERMINERS. They mention the kind of reference which the Noun has. The determiner “the” is known as the definite article.

 It is using before both singular and plural Nouns: 

The pen, the pens…The determiner a (or an, when the following Noun begins with a vowel) is the indefinite article. It is used when the noun is singular: an apple, a student…

The articles “the” and “an/a" are the most common determiners, but there are many others: 

- Any pen that question those apples this paper some pens my friends.

Many determiners express quantity: 

All examples both parents many boys each person every night both parents several computers few oranges enough water no escape.

Maybe the most mutual way to express quantity is to use a numeral. You look at numerals as determiners below.

Numerals and Determiners:

Numerals are the determiners when they are appearing before a Noun. In this position, cardinal numerals express quantity: one ruler, eleven Oranges…In the same position, ordinal numerals express sequence: first question, third person…

The subclass of ordinal includes a set of words which aren't directly relates to numbers (as first is relates to one, second is related to two, etc.....). These are called general ordinals, and they include previous, last, later, next and subsequent. These words also called the determiners. 

When they don't come before a Nouns, numerals are a subclass of Nouns. And like Nouns, they can take the determiners: 

The two of us, the first of many. 

They can even have numerals as the determiners before them: the five twos are ten. 

In this example, twos is a plural Noun, and it had the determiner five before it. 

Exercise:

In each of the following sentences, mention whether the highlighted word is a numeral or the determiner: 

1. Five twos are ten. 

2. Three is my lucky number. 

3. Each team consists of eleven players. 

4. They have invited me to a second meeting. 

5. He was the last to arrive.

6. The first man to arrive was my uncle. 

7. The last to hand in the exam was Fatima. 

8. Next time! Don’t be late!

9. She was next on the list.