Is a a determiner

Answer 1

A determiner is a word that comes before a noun and points it out without describing it the way that an adjective does. The articles "a" and "the" are determiners. "That" and "this" in the following sentence are determiners: This book is more interesting than that one. Get answers to all your English questions at www.dailywritingtips.com Maeve

Answer 2

The letter 'a' is the INDEFINITE article in English.

e.g. a dog, or a cat. , meaning any dog , or any cat.

'a' is qualified by a noun commencing with a vowel ,or 'h'. ; a.e.i.o.u. & .h. , where upon it becomes 'an'. (INDEFINITE article).

e.g. . an act, or an house.

The word 'the' is the DEFINITE article. in English. .

e.g. The coat, ; given a specific coat.

or

The chair, ; given a specific one to sit in.

NB I have never heard of 'a' being used as a determiner.

Answer 3

No, the word 'to' is a preposition, an adverb, and an infinitive marker (used before the base form of a verb to show that the verb is in the infinitive).

A determiner is a word used before a noun to "determine" the precise meaning of the noun.

• A determiner can be the definite article 'the' or the indefinite articles 'a' or 'an'.
• A determiner can be a possessive adjective: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, or whose.
• A determiner can be a demonstrative pronoun: this, that, these, or those.
• A determiner can be an adjective (called a quantifier) that describes the quantity of a noun: all, every, most, many, much, some, few, little, enough, any, no.
• A determiner can be a number: one, first, two, second, three, third, etc.

Example of the word 'to' as a preposition:

• I sent an email to the supplier.

Example of the word 'to' as an adverb:

• When I came to, the EMTs had already arrived.

Example of the word 'to' as an infinitive marker:

• I go out every morning to run.

Example use of determiners:

• I sent an email to the supplier.
• When I came to, the EMTs had already arrived.
• I go out every morning to run.
• I don't know whose keys those are.
• I like those flowers.
• We brought some ice cream.
• The meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month.