Contoh predeterminer, central determiner, dan postdeterminer dalam satu kalimat:
- I met all my many friends.- All my many plants have died.
- Have you spent all your much money?
Kalimat-kalimat di atas tidak biasa digunakan dalam satu kalimat. Umumnya hanya satu atau dua determiner yang dipakai.
Catatan
Predeterminer menerangkan kuantitas atau menguatkan makna suatu nomina yang mengikutinya. Yang termasuk dalam predeterminer adalah multipliers, fractional expressions, intensifiers, dan kata half, both, all.
Contoh: twice my salary, double my salary, ten times my salary, half my salary, one-third my salary, all my salary, both my salaries, what a mess, etc.
Yang termasuk central determiner adalah definite article the, indefinite article a/an, possessives, dan demonstratives.
Contoh: all the book, half a chapter, all your money, all his/her money, all our money, all these problems, twice that size, four times this amount, etc.
Cardinal numerals, ordinal numerals, general numerals, dan quantifiers biasa digunakan sebagai postdeterminer.
Contoh: the two children, his fourth birthday, my next project, our last meeting, your previous remark, her subsequent letter, my many friends, our several achievements, the few friends that I have, etc.
Postdeterminer juga dapat digunakan lebih dari sekali dalam satu frase atau kalimat, seperti: my next two projects, several other people, etc.
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