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Determiner

They are used in front of nouns to indicate whether you are referring to something specific or
something of a particular type.
The definite and indefinite articles a/an/the are all determiners.
You use a specific determiner when people know exactly which thing(s) or person/people you
are talking about.
Determiners include:

the articles : a / an / the


demonstratives : this / that / these / those
possessives (aka possessive adjectives): my / your /his / her / its / our / your /
their
For example:"The dog barked at the boy."
"These apples are rotten."
"Their bus was late."
"Have you seen my keys?"
You use general determiners to talk about how much stuff or how many people or things you are
talking about.
More general determiners are quantifiers:

a few
a little
all
another
any
For example:-

both
each
either
enough
every

few
fewer
less
little
many
more
most
much

neither
no
other
several
some

"Have you got any English books I could borrow?"


"There is enough food to feed everyone."
"I don't teach online every day."
Numbers act as determiners too, they show how many things or people there are: 1, 2, 3...
For example:"I teach online for 3 days a week."
(http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/determinertext.html)

Possessive Adjectives.
We use possessive adjectives to tell what belongs to someone or to show
relationships.
The possessive adjectives are

my,your, his, her, its, our, and their.

Example
1. My friend Abu has a new cat. His old cat died last week.

2. Ahmad hates when somebody touches his car


3. The students must bring their certificates tomorrow.
4. Ismail has learned how to ride his motorcycles.
5. Be careful, your cat is annoying our neighbours.

Difference between Determiner and Possesive adjectives.

Both determiner and possessive adjectives provide additional


information about nouns. Possessive determiners (possessive
adjectives) have features of both determiners and adjectives. For
example, my bicycle implies the bicycle that belongs to me. Iit is not
correct to precede possessives with an article (* the my car) or other
definite determiner such as a demonstrative (*this my car).

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