Post-determiners
Post-determiners are terms that are used after central determiners. They are all used to modify the noun phrase. follow the article to learn more.
What Are Post-determiners?
Post-determiners (also called limiting noun modifiers) are words that come after the determiners to modify a noun phrase.
Remember sometimes there is no determiner before post-determiners and as a result, they are used alone before noun phrases.
Different Types of Post-determiners
There are different types of post-determiners:
1. numerals
2. some quantifiers
3. some distributives
Numeral Post-determiners
As mentioned, numerals post-determiners are categorized into three different groups:
Cardinal Numbers
using post-determiners to modify a noun
The first type is cardinal numbers that are one, two, three, etc. That are used to count objects and things. Check out the examples:
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Ordinal Numbers
The other type is ordinal numbers such as first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers indicate the position of something in a set of objects or events. Check out the examples:
The very
The term 'very' is an adverb that can be placed in any position between the determiners.
This is the
Sequencers
There is one type of ordinal numbers which are not actually numbers but they show the priority of an event or state of being, etc. This kind of ordinal numeral is called a sequencer, also called general ordinal, these post-determiners are words such as 'next, last, previous, etc.' Check out the examples:
This is the
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Quantifiers as Post-determiners
Distributives as Post-determiners
Some distributives are used as post-determiners after determiners or even without them to modify a phrase. These distributives are words such as 'each,' 'every,' 'either,' 'neither.' Check out the examples:
Review
Post-determiners are used after central determiners to modify a noun. Here are the types of post-determiners.
- numerals
- some quantifiers
- some distributives
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