Summary
of the uses of Articles, Determiners, and Quantifiers
and application
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A
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AN
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THE
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ZERO
ARTICLE
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THIS/THAT
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THESE/THOSE
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EACH/EVERY
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EITHER/NEITHER
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MUCH
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ENOUGH
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WHICH/WHAT
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POSSESSIVES
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ANY/SOME
(stressed)
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ANY/SOME
(unstressed)
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Notice
that there is a difference between a "stressed" some or any
and an "unstressed" some or any. Consider the words in
ALL CAPS as shouted words and you will hear the difference between these two:
·
That is
SOME car you've got there!
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I don't
want to hear ANY excuse!
As opposed to. . .
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We have
some cars left in the lot.
·
Isn't there
any furniture in the living room?
In terms of the words they usually modify,
the unstressed some and any do not modify singular count nouns.
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