Hitting the Target!

1.Identify steps for an

effective business trip
2.Recognize determiners in
the selection
3.Determine nouns,
participles, and infinitives
used as adjectives
4. Use adjectives in a
meaningful sentences
Planning a Business Trip
• Six (6) steps for an effective business trip:
1. Make your travel arrangements well in
advance
2. Select your accommodation based on
both price and convenience
3. Create an itinerary
4. Research your destination
5. Remember your electronics, accessories
and travel documents
6. Prepare for your meeting
 Look and Say!
1. Arrange your travel in advance.
2. That hotel is good for business accommodation.
3. Create an itinerary for business trip.
4. He travelled two destinations for business
meeting.
5. Some embassies can take a number of weeks to
issue visas.
6. What dress code do they wear during business
meeting?
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What Is a Determiner?
• A determiner is a word placed in front of a noun to
specify quantity (e.g., "one dog," "many dogs") or to
clarify what the noun refers to (e.g., "my dog,"
"that dog," "the dog"). All determiners can be
classified as one of the following:
• An Article (a/an, the)
• A Demonstrative (this, that, these, those)
• A Possessive (my, your, his, her, its, our, their)
• A Quantifier (common examples
include many, much, more, most, some)
 Determiners
(specify thing or say how many)
• In traditional grammar, words like “your,"
"that," “two”,“some," and even "an" and “what"
are also classified as adjectives. However, in
contemporary grammar, such words are
classified as determiners.
• So, for many people, the word "adjective" refers
only to descriptive adjectives. The rise of the
term "determiner" means that we now have
nine parts of speech, not the traditional eight.
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Adjectives vs Determiners
The Difference between Adjectives and Determiners
• For centuries, the term "adjective" has been used for a
word type now called a determiner.
• For example, the words "his," "this," "many" are
classified as possessive adjective, 
demonstrative adjective, and indefinite adjective
 respectively. However, in contemporary grammar,
these are called determiners, specifically possessive
determiner, demonstrative determiner, and indefinite
determiner.
 Descriptive Adjective
• A descriptive adjective will usually fit into one of the
following categories:
Appearance. attractive, burly, clean, dusty
Colour. azure, blue, cyan, dark
Condition. absent, broken, careful, dead
Personality. annoying, brave, complex, dizzy
Quantity. ample, bountiful, countless, deficient
Sense. aromatic, bitter, cold, deafening
Size and Shape. angular, broad, circular, deep
Time. ancient, brief, concurrent, daily
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Determiners
• Determiners, on the other hand, indicate
qualities such as the following:
Possession. my dog, their opinions
Specificity. that dog, these opinions
Quantity. one dog, many opinions
Definiteness. a dog, the opinions
 The Four Main Differences between
Adjectives and Determiners
• They ARE Different!
• Regardless of whether you use the word
"determiner" or "adjective" for words like
"my," "that," "one," and "some," this much is
true: determiners are not like descriptive
adjectives.
  4 Main Differences between Determiners
and Normal Adjectives
• (Difference 1) A determiner cannot have a comparative form.
Descriptive adjective: pretty > prettier
("Prettier" is the comparative form of "pretty.")
Determiner: that > [nothing fits here]
(There is no comparative form.)

• (Difference 2) A determiner often cannot be removed from the

sentence.
Descriptive adjectives removed: The young boy stole a silver watch. 
(/)
(This is grammatically sound with the normal adjectives removed.)
Determiner: The Young boy stole a silver watch.  (X)
(The sentence is flawed with the determiners removed.)
 4 Main Differences between Determiners and
Normal Adjectives
•(Difference 3) A determiner often refers back to something (i.e., it's like a 
pronoun).
Determiner: Release those prisoners immediately.
(The determiner "those" refers back to something previously mentioned. In
other words, it has an antecedent (the thing it refers to). Descriptive
adjectives do not have an antecedent.)

•(Difference 4) A determiner cannot be used as a subject complement.

Descriptive adjective: She is intelligent.
(The descriptive adjective "intelligent" can be used after a linking verb (here,
"is") and function as a subject complement.)
Determiner: She is [nothing fits here].
(You can't use a determiner as a subject complement. NB: If you think you've
found a determiner that fits, then you've found a pronoun not a determiner.)
 Six Types of Determiner
(1) Possessive Determiners
• The possessive determiners (called "possessive
adjectives" in traditional grammar) are "my," "your,"
"his," "her," "its," "our," "their," and "whose." A
possessive determiner sits before a noun (or a
pronoun) to show who (or what) owns it.
• When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a
new car or a new wife. (Prince Philip)
• The only time a wife listens to her husband is when
he's asleep. (Cartoonist Chuck Jones)
 Six Types of Determiner
(2) Demonstrative Determiners
• The demonstrative determiners (called "demonstrative
adjectives" in traditional grammar) are "this," "that,"
"these," and "those." A demonstrative determiner
makes a noun (or a pronoun) more specific by relating it
to something previously mentioned or something being
demonstrated.
• That man's silence is wonderful to listen to. (Novelist
Thomas Hardy)
• Maybe this world is another planet's hell. (Writer Aldous
Huxley)
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(3) Articles
• The articles are the words "a," "an," and "the."
They are used to define whether something is
specific or unspecific.
• The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.
(Philosopher Socrates)
• I'm an optimist – but an optimist who
carries a raincoat. (Prime Minister Harold Wilson)
 Six Types of Determiner
(4) Numbers (or Cardinal Numbers)
• The cardinal numbers are "one," "two," "three," etc.
(as opposed by "first," "second," "third," etc., which
are known as ordinal numbers). Cardinal numbers are
used to specify quantity. They are part of the group of
determiners known as "quantifiers."If two wrongs
don't make a right, try three wrongs. (Canadian
educator Laurence Peter)
• One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
(Greek Tragedian Euripides)
 Six Types of Determiner
(5) Indefinite Determiners
• The most common indefinite determiners (called "indefinite
adjectives" in traditional grammar) are "no," "any," "many,"
"few," "several," and "some." Indefinite determiners modify
nouns in a non-specific way usually relating to quantity. Like
numbers, they are part of the group of determiners known
as "quantifiers.
• "If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made.
Very few people die past that age. (Comedian George Burns)
• If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea,
please bring me some coffee. (US President Abraham
Lincoln)
 Six Types of Determiner
(6) Interrogative Determiners
• The most common interrogative determiners
(called "interrogative adjectives" in traditional
grammar) are "which," "what," and "whose."
They are used to ask questions.
• If you decide that you're indecisive, which one
are you?
• What hair colour do they put on bald person's
driving licence?
 Nouns Used as Adjectives
• Many words that are usually nouns can function as adjectives. For
example:
• autumn colours
• boat race
• computer shop
• Devon cream
• electricity board
• fruit fly
• Here are some real-life examples:
• Not all face masks are created equal. (Entrepreneur Hannah
Bronfman)
• You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves. (Premier Joseph Stalin)
• When used like adjectives, nouns are known as attributive nouns.