What is identified nouns and quantified nouns?Before we start, I would like to to know about a class of words which is called determiners.
To start with a few examples, here is a list of some of some very short sentences that contain a noun and a determiner.The noun is printed in italics;the determiner is printed in bold.
The dog barked
My garden was flooded
This drink is very bitter
A mistake has been made
Those cows are far away
One of the surest ways of telling a noun is its ability to combine with words such as the,this,these,a,some,any,enough,etc.These words belong to a class called determiners.
What is the job of determiners?
Their structural job is to ‘determine’ the noun that follows them.Some determiners do this by identifying the noun and some do it by quantifying it. Here is a figure that contains the examples of both of them.
Identified Quantified personal determiners:
my garden
your employer
its tail
his excitement
her prevarications
our course
their field a garden
enough employers
much excitement demonstrative determiners:
this drink
these daffodils
that mistake
those cows few drinks
many daffodils
any mistakes
no cows define article:
the dog some dogs
Use of identified determiners
The identifying determiners provide a positive answer to questions such as Which garden?Whichemployer?Which excitement? …the list of 3 identified determiners is up there,you may have a check if you need.
Use of Quantified nouns
The quantified nouns is used to describing or expressing something as an amount or a number.
What is Undetermined nouns?
Undetermined nouns like “these” have a kind of all-inclusive or unlimited meaning.Daffodils are yellow refers to daffodils in general, typical deaffodils;I am buying daffodils refers to daffodils as a type of flower as opposed to,say,roses or violets.
