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
  • each
  • either
  • enough
  • every
  • everybody
  • everyone
  • everything
  • everywhere
  • few
  • fewer
  • fewest
  • last
  • least
  • less
  • little
  • many
  • many a
  • more
  • most
  • much
  • neither
  • next
  • no
  • no one
  • nobody
  • none
  • nothing
  • nowhere
  • once
  • one
  • said
  • several
  • some
  • somebody
  • something
  • somewhere
  • sufficient
  • that
  • the
  • these
  • this
  • those
  • three
  • thrice
  • twice
  • two
  • us
  • various
  • we
  • what
  • whatever
  • which
  • whichever
  • you
  • zero
All cardinal numerals are also included.

Sub classifications from CGEL

Articles

  • a / an
  • the

    Demonstratives

  • that / those
  • this / these

    Personal determiners

  • we / us
  • you
  • them

    Universal determiners

  • all
  • both

    Distributive determiners

  • each
  • every

    Existential determiners

  • any
  • some

    Cardinal numerals

  • zero
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
  • five
  • etc.

    Disjunctive determiners

  • either
  • neither

    Negative determiners

  • no
  • none

    Alternative-additive determiner

  • another

    Positive paucal determiners

  • a few
  • a little
  • several

    Degree determiners

  • few / fewer / fewest
  • little / less / least
  • many / more / most
  • much / more / most

    Sufficiency determiners

  • enough
  • sufficient

    Temporal determiners

  • last
  • next

    Interrogative">Interrogative word">Interrogative determiners

  • what
  • whatever
  • which
  • whichever

    Marginal determiners

  • certain
  • said
  • various

    Relative">Relative clause">Relative determiners

  • what
  • whatever
  • which
  • whichever

    Compound">Compound (linguistics)">Compound determiners

  • a few, a little
  • -body, -one, -thing, & -where
  • * anybody, anyone, anything, anywhere
  • * everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere
  • * nobody, no one, nothing, nowhere
  • * somebody, someone, something, somewhere
  • once, twice, thrice
  • one hundred, two thousand, three million, etc.
  • many a
  • whatever, whichever

    Other grammars

Predeterminers

  • half, a third, a quarter, etc.
  • such, quite, rather
  • twice, thrice
  • both, all
  • double, triple, quadruple, etc.