❖ 7. I am interested in tragedies of Shakespeare’s.
.
❖ 9. The punishment of the offenders has become necessary.
❖ 10. They are reviewing the past decade’s events/ the events of the past decade.
forms of the head noun.
determiner vs. pre-modifier
❖ these ❖ many ❖ the ❖ my ❖ some ❖ John’s ❖ three
enlightening good useful old English new children’s
books
❖ A. Premodifiers (adjectives): showing the head noun’s characteristics and qualities.
❖ 3. Last night I read a novel of Jane Austin’s.
❖ 4. That long report of Mr. Allen’s has been…
❖ 5. Those new shoes of yours…
❖ 6. I have read the article of the student who…
❖ Determiners: showing the head noun’s quantity and referential meanings.
determiner vs. premodifier
❖ B. nice my new dress ❖ my nice new dress ❖ nice new my dress ❖ Determiners should be placed before any
❖ Bill pays no attention to the fact of…/ the fact that… ❖ What will the policy of the government is following
lead to? ❖ What will the government’s policy is following lead to? ❖ The book was brought at the John Wiley’s bookshop. ❖ We must read a T. Johns’s article for our next seminar. ❖ This Joe Hill’s book is very amusing. ❖ The Jane’s letter got lost in the post. ❖ That Frank’s dog has torn my trousers. ❖ A Jane Austin’s novel ❖ A ship’s carpenter
premodifiying adjectives. ❖ C. a/ the/ these good man ❖ a / the / these good men ❖ Few/ many/ little /much good people ❖ Determiners sometimes determines the number
❖ 1. Many people criticized Dick’s decision to emigrate to Australia.
❖ 2. The Physics Department’s expansion/ The expansion of the Physics Department…
❖ 11. The government demanded the enemy’s unconditional surrender/ the unconditional surrender of the enemy.
❖ 12. Bill paid no attention to other people’s criticism of him. ❖ 13. The government has paid great attention to the younger
generation’s education/ the education of the younger generation. ❖ 14. The book was bought at John Wiley’s, the bookseller’s. ❖ 15. We must read an article of T. Johns’s for our next seminar. ❖ 16. What will this policy of the government’s lead to? ❖ 17. This is an idiot’s tale. ❖ 18. That dog of Frank’s… ❖ 19. This book of Joe Hill’s… ❖ 20. Jane’s letter…
❖ AABDB CCCDB ACABC DBDCD
Determiner
1. Determiners vs. Premodifiers
2. Articles 3. Collocations between
determiners
What’s the pattern of a noun phrase?
❖ (determiner +) (premodifier +) noun (+ postmodifier)
❖ all the college students ❖ his new book on phonology ❖ the author’s new novel ❖ three children’s book