因此,限定詞是在名詞詞組中對名詞中心詞起特指、類指以及表示確定數(shù)量和非確定數(shù)量等限定作用的詞類。
英語的限定詞有以下幾類:
1.冠詞:定冠詞、不定冠詞、零冠詞
The red book is mine.
There is a pen and an apple on the desk.
Time is money.
2.物主限定詞:my, your, his, her, our, your, their, one's, its.
My bike is broken.
3.名詞屬格:John's, my friend's.
John's brother will go to school next year.
4.指示限定詞:this, that, these, those, such
This story is very interesting.
Such novels are worth reading.
5.關(guān)系限定詞:whose, which
The children whose parents died are not homeless any more.
These questions are all on philosophy, about which subject I know little.
6.疑問限定詞:what, which, whose
Whose books are these?
Which restaurant is your favourite?
What films do you like watching?
7.不定限定詞:no, some, any, each, every, enough, either, neither, all, both, half, several, many, much, (a) few, (a) little, other, another.
There are some books on the desk.
Do you have enough money?
8.基數(shù)詞和序數(shù)詞倍數(shù)詞和分數(shù)詞
There are three pens in my bag.
The first answer is correct.
9.量詞:a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a great /good deal of, a large of, a small amount of, a quantity of, a great/ large/ good number of等。
We prepared plenty of food and drinks for the party.
限定詞雖然屬于“封閉詞類”,但種類繁多,使用頻繁,我們需要分類記憶,靈活運用。