All posts tagged "determiner"
- Grammarposium: Nouns, Adjectives, and Determiners
I am excited to announce my first Grammarposium: Nouns, Adjectives, and Determiners. The online, real-time class offers an exploration of the...
GrammarposiumHeather JohnsonMay 24, 2020 - The Word ‘another’ Is Not an Adjective
If I had to pick a single grammar topic to focus on for the rest of my life, I would likely...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonMarch 6, 2020 - Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Determiners
As I have written repeatedly, the line between grammatical forms is blurry at best, especially among lexical categories like noun, verb,...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonNovember 27, 2019 - Lies Your Grammar Teacher Told You: Singular and Plural
I recently shared a photo across my social media accounts of the grammar textbook that I currently use with my oldest....
InformationHeather JohnsonApril 6, 2019 - Determiners Are Not Adjectives
Traditional grammars categorize determiners with either adjectives or pronouns. But determiners are not adjectives. Repeat after me: Determiners are not adjectives....
English AdjectivesHeather JohnsonJanuary 12, 2019 - English Determiners
Determiners are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun phrase...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonJune 1, 2018 - Grammatical Forms of English Determiners
Determiners are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun or...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonMay 29, 2018 - The Determiner Phrase Head in English Grammar
Determiner phrase heads are words that function as the heads of determiner phrases. A determiner phrase consist of two or more...
Grammatical FunctionHeather JohnsonMay 26, 2018 - Grammatical Forms of English Determiner Phrases
Determiners are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun or...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonJune 20, 2014 - The Numeral in English Grammar
Belonging to a closed class of words, determiners provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun or...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonJune 17, 2014 - The Quantifier in English Grammar
Determiners are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun or...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonJune 6, 2014 - The Possessive Interrogative Determiner in English Grammar
Determiners are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun or...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonJune 3, 2014 - Grammatical Forms of English Verb Phrases
A verb phrase is a phrase in which a verb functions as the head of the phrase plus any auxiliaries (modals,...
English VerbsHeather JohnsonApril 29, 2014 - The Possessive Determiner in English Grammar
Determiners are a closed class of words that provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun or...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonMarch 6, 2014 - Using Determiner Phrases as Determinatives
Belonging to a closed class of function words, determiners provide information such as familiarity, location, quantity, and number about a noun,...
English DeterminersHeather JohnsonOctober 23, 2013