Después de aprender The Subjunctive, en está lección aprenderás Determiners.
Los Determiners se utilizan para identificar el tipo de referencia que tiene un sustantivo o grupo de sustantivos. Son usado delante de sustantivos para indicar si te refieres a algo específico o algo de un tipo particular.
Los Determiners son diferentes a los pronombres en que un determinante siempre va seguido de un sustantivo. Los pronombres personales ( I , you , he , etc.) y los pronombres posesivos (mine, yours, his, etc.) no actuan como Determiners. Sin embargo, los adjetivos posesivos, demostrativos, artículos y la mayoría cuantificadores, son Determiners.
Common examples:
Either, neither, both:
These determiners are used for groups of two things max. Both refers to the two, Either refers to one, Neither refers to zero out of two.
All, any, none:
We use these when talking about groups of more than two nouns. All refer to every item on the group, Any refers to one item of the group. None refers to zero.
No, not, none:
These are used to negate (deny). Not negates a verb (not tell, not believe), No negates a noun (no money, no coffee), and None is the contraction of ‘not one’ (Did you see any dolphins? None)
Such, so, too:
These are intensifiers. we use Such to say ‘very’ after an adjective and noun, and usually is followed by a direct consequence (It was such a tight knot that I had to cut it.). So also means ‘very’, used with adjectives and adverbs (so funny, so well). It can also include a result. Too is used with adjectives and adverbs; it means there is a lot of something, in a negative context.
En la próxima lección aprenderemos The use of Another, Other, Others and Else.
