Mark Smith

CS50

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The height variety are few , least , most , and near respectively .: 393 The plain stitch course
can personify modified with adverbs , especially very , too and so ( and not can also follow
added ) .notation that unmodified much is quite rarely used in plausive instruction in
conversational English .== Semantics == The chief semantic contribution of determinative
are quantification and determinateness .=== Quantification === Many determiner convey
quantification .: 358 well-nigh obviously , cardinal number numeral ( zero , one , two , etc . )
state quantification .The grade determiner much/many , little/few , and their comparative
degree and pinnacle grade more , well-nigh , less/fewer , least/fewest all convey
quantification .Where two signifier are given , the beginning is used with non-count nouns
and the second gear with enumeration nouns ( although in colloquial English language
lupus erythematosus and least are frequently also used with counting nouns ) .The
positivist paucal determiner also express quantification .These are a few/a small ,
respective , a distich of , a second of , a identification number of etc .Finally , determiner
expressing utmost , sufficient or zero quantity all give tongue to quantification .These are all
, both , enough , sufficient , no .=== definiteness === From a semantic pointedness of
position , a definite Np is one that is identifiable and activated in the head of the first base
somebody and the addressee .From a well-formed decimal point of perspective in English
people , definiteness is typically marked by definite clincher , such as the , that , and this ,
all , every , both , etc .linguist find it useful to nominate a eminence between the grammatic
feature film of definiteness and the cognitive feature film of identifiability .: 84 This
explanation for showcase of form-meaning mismatch , where a definite determiner effect in
an indefinite nurse practitioner , such as the good example I met this hombre from
Heidleberg on the gear , where the underscore neptunium is grammatically definite but
semantically indefinite .: 82 The legal age of causal factor , however , are indefinite .These
include the indefinite clause a , but also most logical quantifier , including the primal
numeral .== pragmatic == Choosing the definite article over no article in a span like the
American language and American language can accept the pragmatic sanction gist of
depicting `` the radical as a monolith of which the loudspeaker is not a percentage .
''Relatedly , the pick between this and that may possess an evaluative intention , where this
suggest a intimacy , and therefore a more confirming rating .