Using THE and other Determiners
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Of all of the different types of words in English, people have the most trouble using articles, in particular the definite article ‘the’. Most grammar books provide a series of rules that you are expected to learn. These ‘rules’ are further complicated by the number of exceptions to each of these rules, many of which can change within the same sentence; leaving you to guess whether to use it or not.This book takes a different approach. For a start, it isn’t a grammar book, where you are expected to work your way linearly through the text in order to find what you want; instead, it is a reference book, somewhat like a dictionary but in more depth, with a very comprehensive table of contents that allows you to find exactly what you need to know quickly and efficiently. It also offers full explanations of articles and determiners such as: how to recognise them, how to use them with other parts of speech, how to interchange them and what they are used for.Furthermore, it doesn’t apply a ‘broad brush’ approach to the objects of the determiners; instead, it lists around 400 different categories of object nouns with the rules for each. Together with the rules for each object it also lists the exceptions to those rules pertaining to that specific object. These are further categorized into groups – such as places, people, animals, phenomena, food etc. - to make the subjects easier to find. So when you want to know whether to use ‘the’ or not in a sentence you merely have to quickly look it up instead of having to memorise the rules. Every rule, exception and comment in the book is accompanied by sample sentences so you can see the rule in action.In addition to ‘the’ and the other articles (a, an, some and any) it also lists the other 100 determiners, including compound determiners (for example ‘a little bit of’ or ‘some of the’), which you can use to add nuance and impart th
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