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SeekerOfPeace Posted 19 years ago
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0Is there a difference between determinant and article? Are they both considered to be adjectives (as far as parts of speech is concerned)?02br
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00As I remember it, articles are considered to be adjectives.02br
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00Determinants, on the other hand, are considered by some grammarians to have their own part of speech. 02br
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00Am I correct? Could anyone rectify my assumptions if I’m mistaken?02br
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00In the following sentence:02br
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00This is Mr. Brown 01i00_______02i00 invention had helped hundreds of disabled people.02br
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00A. which02br
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00B. that02br
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00C. who02br
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00D. whose02br
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00Why is “whose” the right answer? Could anyone explain this to me in clear, simple terms?02br
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00Also, in the following sentence:02br
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00Professor Black had us 01i00______02i00 composition every Friday.02br
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00A. to write02br
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00B. write02br
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00C. written02br
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00D. wrote02br
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00Now according to my book the answer is B. It sounds good to me, but why is A wrong.02br
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00Professor Black had us to write composition every Friday.02br
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00Or:02br
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00My mother had us to eat breakfast every day of the week.02br
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00Is it really grammatically wrong?0-
  

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e. no '01i 00to02i 00'): 01i 00He had us write; Mother had us eat; they made her study; I let them come02i 00; etc. 0-

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  • no '01i 00to02i 00'): 01i 00He had us write; Mother had us eat; they made her study; I let them come02i 00; etc.
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01-- Articles are a subclass of determiners, and determiners are a subclass of adjectives.02br
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002--01i00 Whose02i00, the possessive form is required, as it modifies the noun '01i00invention02i00': 01i01b00whose invention02b00 had helped.02i00..02br
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0 Thank you very much for the reply. Really well explained.02br
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00Beside articles (a, an, the) what else is considered a determinant? I mean, what else belongs in this subclass?02br
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00Thanks,02br
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00SoP.0-
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0Here's one page on [url=05000] 01b00DETERMINERS02b00[/url]; Googling the word will get you others.0230hrefhttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/determin/xdetm1.htm
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0And no extra charge for the beer.0-
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0I realized that the definite articles and indefinite articles were the other subclasses or the determiners after I typed my question.02br
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00Cheers,02br
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00SoP.02br
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00PS: As far as the beer is concerned, feel free to charge me as much as you want (as long as it's Chinese beer)0-
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