Group B Determiners
| Most Group B determiners are quantifiers: they indicate how much or how many. some, any, no each, every, either, neither (so/too) much (so/too) many (a) little, less, the least, more, most (a) few, fewer, the fewest enough, several, all, both, half, one-third etc. one, two, three etc. another, other The others are adjectives that indicate choice: what, whatever, which, whichever Like Group A determiners, they may precede - come before - an adjective. No fresh flowers were available. Several noisy children boarded the bus. Which new car did you choose? Some Group B determiners are used only with singular or uncountable nouns: one, each, every, either, neither, (a) little, less, the least, another. One bird sat on the hedge. Each snowflake is different. The sun shone every day. Little rain fell this summer. Neither child likes bananas. I bought another book. Some Group B determiners are used only with plural nouns: two, three, etc., (a) few, fewer, many, several, all both. Many kids like to read. Both dresses are too short. He has few friends. I want three slices of pizza. |
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| Important! Every singular countable noun requires a determiner. |
| Try Capital City community college's practice quiz on quantifiers. |
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| (A) little and less go with singular or uncountable nouns. (A) few and fewer go with uncountable nouns. |
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