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 |