Specific and General Determiners
Specific and general determiners Level: beginner Determiners are words which come at the beginning of noun phrases. They tell us whether a noun phrase is specific or general . Specific determiners The specific determiners are: the definite article : the possessives : my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose demonstratives : this, that, these, those We use a specific determiner when we believe the listener/reader knows exactly what we are referring to: Can you pass me the salt , please? Thank you very much for your letter . Whose coat is this? Look at those lovely flowers .
