Free Trial

Safari Books Online is a digital library providing on-demand subscription access to thousands of learning resources.


Share this Page URL
Help

5.4.2. Specific determiners > 5.4.2.1. Ordinal numbers - Pg. 134

5.4 Determiners 113 3. (where particular instances of the concept have already been referred to) the instances already re- ferred to (by inclusion of `same' after `the'), as in "the same products"; 4. (where particular instances of the concept have already been referred to) all other instances (by inclusion of `other' after `the'), as in "the other rooms"; 5. the only instances of that concept that meet the criterion or criteria specified: a. by one or more attributive adjectives or nouns between `the' and the noun, as in "the updated records", "the Sydney offices", b. in a qualifying clause (see Section 7.2.7 in Chapter 7) after the noun, as in "the passengers spec- ified in the booking", c. in both a qualifying clause and one or more attributive adjectives or nouns between `the' and the noun, as in "the urgent orders placed by the customer". 5.4.2 Specific determiners Specific determiners are used to limit the noun to referring only to a specific instance or instances. The definite article `the' is a specific determiner, as are also 1. the demonstrative determiners: `that' and `those' 22 ; 2. the ordinal numbers (`first', `second', `third', etc.) and various other words defining position in a