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G With certain words like, home, hospital, church, court, school etc. when these words
are used for institutions.
Read the following example:

I’ll be going to school tomorrow at 8:00 am.

Other Determiners
A group of words that characterise or limit the meaning of the head noun in a noun
phrase are called determiners .

List of determiners:
a. Articles : a, an, the

b. Indefinite Pronouns : some, any
c. Possessives : my, our, your, his, her, its, their

d. Demonstratives : this, that, these, those
e. Other Pronouns : much, many, few, a few, the few, etc.

G Articles – , A An , The
Read the following examples:
1. Kindness is the virtue of mankind.

2. An aeroplane flew over just now.

G Indefinite Pronouns– Some and Any

Some is generally used in affirmative sentences.
Any is generally used only in negative and interrogative sentences.

Read the following examples:
1. She has invited some friends to her birthday party.

2. Have you any books on Indian music?

When ‘some’ is used with a countable noun in the plural, it means an unknown or
indefinite number; as –

Read the following examples:
1. Some girls were hurt.

2. Some persons always speak ill of others.

When ‘some’ is used with an uncountable noun, it means an indefinite quantity; as –

Read the following examples:
1. I bought a notebook and some paper.
2. He wants a pen and some ink.

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