List of English determiners explained

This is a list of English determiners.

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.^[1]

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.)^[2]

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 determiners

• what
• whatever
• which
• whichever

Marginal determiners

• certain
• said
• various

Relative determiners

• what
• whatever
• which
• whichever

Compound 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^[3]
• one hundred, two thousand, three million, etc.
• many a
• whatever, whichever

Other grammars

Pronouns^[4]

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Rodney Huddleston

   . Huddleston. Rodney. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Pullum. Geoffrey K. Cambridge University Press. 2002. 978-0-521-43146-0. Cambridge; New York. Rodney Huddleston. Geoffrey Pullum.

2. Randolph. Vance. 1927. The Grammar of the Ozark Dialect. American Speech. 3. 1. 1–11 . 10.2307/451386. 451386 . 0003-1283.
3. Payne. John. Huddleston. Rodney. Pullum. Geoffrey K.. 2007. Fusion of functions: The syntax of once, twice and thrice. Journal of Linguistics. 43. 3. 565–603. 10.1017/S002222670700477X. 0022-2267.
4. Book: Collins COBUILD English grammar.. Collins. 1990. 0-00-375025-6. London. 21408083 .