This is a list of

English determiners English determiners (also known as determinatives) are words – such as ''the'', ''a'', ''each'', ''some'', ''which'', ''this'', and numerals such as ''six'' – that are most commonly used with nouns to specify their referents. The determine ...

Alphabetical List (excluding numerals above three)

* a * a few * a little * all * an * another * any * anybody * anyone * anything * anywhere * both * certain (also adjective) * each * either * enough * every * everybody * everyone * everything * everywhere * few * fewer * fewest * last (also adjective) * least * less (also adverb and preposition) * little (also adjective) * many * many a * more (also adverb) * most (also adverb) * much * neither * next (also adjective) * no (also interjection) * no one * nobody * none * nothing * nowhere * once * one (also noun and pronoun) * said (also verb) * several (also adjective) * some * somebody * something * somewhere * sufficient (also adjective) * that * the * these * this * those * three (also noun) * thrice * twice * two (also noun) * us (also pronoun) * various * we (also pronoun) * what (also pronoun and adjective) * whatever * which (also pronoun) * whichever * you (also pronoun) * zero (also noun) All cardinal numerals are also included.

Sub classifications from CGEL

Articles

* a / an * the

Demonstratives

* that / those * this / these

Personal determiners

* we / us * you * them (In some dialects such as the Ozark dialect.)

Universal determiners

* all * both

Distributive determiners

* each * every

Existential determiners

* any * some

Cardinal numerals

* zero * one * two * three * four * five million * etc.

Disjunctive determiners

* either * neither

Negative determiners

* no * none

Alternative-additive determiner

* another

Positive paucal determiners

* a few * a little * several

Degree determiners

* few / fewer / fewest * little / less / least * many / more / most * much / more / most

Sufficiency determiners

* enough * sufficient

Temporal determiners

* last * next

Interrogative An interrogative clause is a clause whose form is typically associated with question-like meanings. For instance, the English sentence (linguistics), sentence "Is Hannah sick?" has interrogative syntax which distinguishes it from its Declarative ...
determiners

* what * whatever * which * whichever

Marginal determiners

* certain * said * various

Relative Relative may refer to: General use Kinship and family, the principle binding the most basic social units of society. If two people are connected by circumstances of birth, they are said to be ''relatives''. Philosophy Relativism, the concept t ...
determiners

* what * whatever * which * whichever

Compound Compound may refer to: Architecture and built environments * Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall ** Compound (fortification), a version of the above fortified with defensive struc ...
determiners

* a few, a little * -body, -one, -thing, & -where ** anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere ** everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere ** nobody, no one, nothing, nowhere ** somebody, someone, something, somewhere * once, twice, thrice * one hundred, two thousand, three million, etc. * many a * whatever, whichever

Other grammars

Genitive In grammar, the genitive case ( abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can ...

Pronouns

* my, your, his, her, our, their * its * whose * one's

Nouns

Any genitive noun phrase such as ''the cat's'', ''the cats, ''Geoff's'', etc.

Predeterminers

* half, a third, a quarter, etc. * such, quite, rather * twice, thrice * both, all * double, triple, quadruple, etc.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:English determiners

Determiners Determiner, also called determinative (abbreviated ), is a term used in some models of grammatical description to describe a word or affix belonging to a class of noun modifiers. A determiner combines with a noun to express its reference. Exampl ...

Lists of English words