Overview

Determiners are words which determine the meaning of the nouns that follow.

What does determining the meaning means?

They make the reference of nouns more specific or general or quantify them.

Dogs love biscuits.
My dog loves biscuits. (my - determiner)

• They come before nouns.

A student, The student, My student, That student, Some student

• They may also come just before the adjective describing the noun.

My intelligent student. (my - determiner; intelligent - adjective)