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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Determiners before words like "some" and "a lof of"

Hi. Please help. I think the words "some,""many," and "few" are determiners, as are the words "the" and "a." Then could we put one determiner after another, like "the some people"? I don't think we can have two determiners one after the other to form some sort of phrase, but I think it is correct to write, "The many people who were here yesterday were from our town," and "The few people who were here yesterday were from our town," but I don't know it is correct to write "The some people who were here yesterday were from our town." - sounds wrong.

How about the words "a lot of"? Could we have the determiners "the" and "a" before them to form a phrase? Thank you in advance.
  

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" - sounds wrong. Right. It is wrong.

  • " - sounds wrong.
  • Right.
  • It is wrong.
  • Anonymous How about the words "a lot of"?
  • Could we have the determiners "the" and "a" before them to form a phrase?
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Anonymousbut I don't know it is correct to write "The some people who were here yesterday were from our town." - sounds wrong.
Right. It is wrong.
AnonymousHow about the words "a lot of"? Could we have the determiners "the" and "a" before them to form a phrase?
No. Those are not possible combinations.

CJ

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