List of English determiners

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 million

• 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

Genitive

Pronouns[4]: 61 

• my, your, his, her, our, their
• its
• whose
• one's

Nouns

Any genitive noun phrase such as the cat's, the cats', Geoff's, etc.

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.