Determiners

 If you want to write effectively, use correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling. WhiteSmoke online writing software assures that your writing, whether it's in the style of a college essay, legal contract, medical report or business email, will be written at a high standard.  This all-in-one writing solution contains an online dictionary and thesaurus for precise definitions and translations, plus many synonym options for your writing.   The enrichment feature suggests adverbs and adjectives for writing enhancement .And of course it includes a punctuation check, spelling check, and English grammar check to pick up on errors with using determiners and other parts of speech.

 Writing in English is necessary for communication in the 21st century.   Business writing in particular is done in English, so whether you are a native speaker or a speaker of English as a second language, make sure you use correct English grammar for effective business emails, business letters, and business proposal writing. 

 English grammar covers many topics, including verb tenses, prepositions, and determiners.   What's a determiner, you ask?   It is a word or phrase that modifies a noun or noun phrase (but it's not the same thing as an adjective).   Modifying a noun means somehow describing it - telling about quantity or possession, for example. English grammar dictates that you must use a determiner before a singular countable noun; determiners are optional before plural nouns.   A countable noun is one which can be used in plural form (more than one), like chair/chairs, chance/chances, choice/choices, and chicken/chickens. Use the determiner to tell about who the noun belongs to (his pen), how much of the noun there is (lots of stars), or to single out a particular noun (that car). You can refer to the list of determiners found at the end of this English lesson for examples; remember though, that there exist more determiners than are listed on this page

 Besides using determiners from this list, you can also trust WhiteSmoke writing software to catch your determiner mistakes.   Here, see an example sentence corrected by WhiteSmoke:

 Before WhiteSmoke: He drove truck into sister of his friend.

After WhiteSmoke: He drove a truck into the sister of his friend.

 Errors in English writing related to determiners are just the beginning of errors that WhiteSmoke will check for and correct in your documents.   WhiteSmoke's spelling check, English grammar check, and punctuation check all work to raise the level of your writing.   It doesn't matter if you are writing a letter of resignation, college essay, business proposal, legal contract, or medical report - WhiteSmoke is your comprehensive solution!

 Below is the (partial) list of determiners you can use for proper English grammar in your writing.

Determiners that express quantity:

lots of

a lot of

both of the

some of the

a bit of

most

a few

a great deal of

a great number of

a large amount of

a large number of

a little

a number of

all of the

all the

an abundance of

enough

few

fewer

fewest

plenty of

several

the majority of

less

more

most of the

much

neither of the

no

none of the

not any

one  

one less

one of the

all

many

some

 

 

Determiners that express possession:

her

his

their

whose

my

 

 

Demonstrative determiners, which single out the noun being referred to:

this

that

these

those

 

Indefinite articls:

a

an

 

Definite article:

the

 

Determiners that are questions:

what

which

which of the

how many

how much