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We can use ‘this’ and ‘that’ before uncountable nouns as well as countable nouns. For
example:

That mango is rotten.
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Who has spilt this milk?
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Possessives

Possessive determiners are followed by a noun. They can be used with countable as well
uncountable nouns. My, your, our, their, his, her, etc. are some possessive determiners. For
example:
This is my bag. (my is the determiner followed by the noun bag)
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These are their cricket bats. (their is the determiner followed by the noun cricket bats)
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Possessives can be both possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives, and a distinction
between the two must be clearly understood. For example:
These are my shoes. (possessive adjective)
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This house is mine. (possessive pronoun)
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Possessive adjectives are determiners.

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Difference between possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns.

Singular Plural
Possessive Possessive Possessive Possessive
Person adjectives pronouns adjectives pronouns

First my mine our ours
Second your yours your yours

Third his, her, its his, hers their theirs

Distributives

Distributive determiners are used to refer to a group of people or things. They also refer
to individuals within a group. Each, every, either, both, and neither are some distributive
determiners. For example:
Neither answer is correct.
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Every child needs love and care.
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Quantifiers Determiners

Quantifiers are words or phrases which are used before nouns to indicate an amount or a
quantity.
There are three main types of quantifiers.
Quantifiers are used with countable nouns. For example:

Please give some coins for charity.
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I have only a few minutes to spare.
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There are many titles from which you may choose.
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