tailieunhanh - Basic English Usage Exercises_4

Tham khảo tài liệu 'basic english usage exercises_4', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 96 There are other possibilities 30th March 1983 March 30 th 1983 March 30 th 1983 British and American people write all-figure dates differently British people put the day first Americans put the month first. 6 April in Britain June 4 in the USA. For the position of dates in letters see 192. 2 Speaking 30 March 1983 British March the thirtieth nineteen eighty-three OR The thirtieth of March nineteen American March thirtieth nineteen eighty-three l For the use of prepositions in dates see 55 3. 96 determiners 1 Determiners are words like the my this some either every enough several. Determiners come at the beginning of noun phrases but they are not adjectives. the moon a nice day my fat old cat this house every week several young students We cannot usually put two determiners together. We can say the house my house or this house but noìihemy-heuseoĩTheihis-hỡtỉse-orthie-my house. 2 There are two groups of determiners Group A a an the my your his her its our your their one s whose this these that those Group B some any no each every either neither much many more most little less least few fewer fewest enough several all both half what whatever which whichever 97 82 3 If we want to put a group B determiner before a group A determiner we have to use of. I group B determiner of group A determiner I some of the people each of my children neither of these doors most of the time which of your records enough of those remarks Before of we use none not no and everyone not every. none of my friends every one of these books We can leave out of after all both and half. all of his ideas both of my parents 4 We can use group B determiners alone without nouns . We can also use them with of before pronouns. Do you know Orwell s books Yes I ve read several Would you like some water I ve got some thanks. neither of them most of US which of you D The index will tell you where to find more information about particular determiners. 97 discourse markers