predeterminer

See also: prédéterminer

English
Examples


* All in all this time.
* Half in half the size.
* Three times in three times the rate.
* How big in how big a deal is this.
* What in what a great idea.

Etymology

pre- +‎ determiner

Noun

predeterminer (plural predeterminers)

  1. (grammar) The function of a phrase that precedes a determiner in a noun phrase and modifies the head noun.
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