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Can the word 'the' be an adjective in the sentence 'The cats purred quietly'?
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The word 'the' is known as a determiner. One form of determiner are called articles; they are the, a, and an.
Another form of determiner are called adjectives; there are many kinds of adjective, consisting of hundreds of words. Some of those types are:
Adjectives: soft, happy, hot, cold, nasty, wonderful, high, low, wet, clear, etc.
Nouns as adjectives: coffee cup, bath mat, kitchen table, apple pie, toaster oven, etc.
Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, or whose.
A determiner can be a demonstrative pronoun: this, that, these, or those.
Or other miscellaneous determiners:
each, every
either, neither
some, any, no
much, many, more, most
little, less, least
few, fewer, fewest
what, whatever, which, whichever
all, both, half
several
enough
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