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]: 385

Sub classifications from CGEL[1]

Articles[1]: 368

  • a / an
  • the

Demonstratives[1]: 373

  • that / those
  • this / these

Personal determiners[1]: 374

  • we / us
  • you
  • them (In some dialects such as the Ozark dialect.)[2]: 6

Universal determiners[1]: 374

  • all
  • both

Distributive determiners[1]: 378

  • each
  • every

Existential determiners[1]: 380

  • any
  • some

Cardinal numerals[1]: 385

  • zero
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
  • five
  • etc.

Disjunctive determiners[1]: 387

  • either
  • neither

Negative determiners[1]: 389

  • no
  • none

Alternative-additive determiner[1]: 391

  • another

Positive paucal determiners[1]: 391

  • a few
  • a little
  • several

Degree determiners[1]: 393

  • few / fewer / fewest
  • little / less / least
  • many / more / most
  • much / more / most

Sufficiency determiners[1]: 396

  • enough
  • sufficient

Temporal determiners[1]: 356

  • last
  • next

Interrogative determiners[1]: 397

  • what
  • whatever
  • which
  • whichever

Marginal determiners[1]: 392

  • certain
  • said
  • various

Relative determiners[1]: 398

  • what
  • whatever
  • which
  • whichever

Compound determiners

  • a few, a little[1]: 391
  • -body, -one, -thing, & -where[1]: 411
    • anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere
    • everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere
    • nobody, no one, nothing, nowhere
    • somebody, someone, something, somewhere
  • once, twice, thrice[3]: 581
  • one hundred, two thousand, three million, etc.[1]: 356
  • many a[1]: 356
  • whatever, whichever[1]: 396

Other grammars

Predeterminers[4]: 68

  • half, a third, a quarter, etc.
  • such, quite, rather
  • twice, thrice
  • both, all
  • double, triple, quadruple, etc.

References

  1. ^ Huddleston, Rodney & Pullum, Geoffrey K (2002). The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43146-0.
  2. ^ Randolph, Vance (1927). "The Grammar of the Ozark Dialect". American Speech. 3 (1): 1–11. doi:10.2307/451386. ISSN 0003-1283. JSTOR 451386
  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. doi:10.1017/S002222670700477X. ISSN 0022-2267
  4. ^ Collins COBUILD English grammar.. London: Collins. 1990. ISBN 0-00-375025-6. OCLC 21408083