Determiners with singular count nouns.
Determiners with singular count nouns. All singular count nouns must be preceded by a determiner. Place any adjectives between the determiner and the noun.
| These determiners… | …can precede these noun types | Examples |
| a, an, every, each | singular count nouns |
a book an American every Buddhist each word |
| this, that |
singular count nouns noncount nouns |
this book that milk |
| (a) little, much | noncount nouns |
a little milk much affection |
| some, enough |
noncount nouns plural count nouns |
some milk enough trouble some books enough problems |
| the |
singular count nouns nounsnoncount nouns plural count |
the doctor the doctors the information |
| these, those, (a) few, many, both, several | plural count nouns |
these books those plans a few ideas many students both hands several trees |