Please give me those clothes.
D. Definite Demonstrative Adjective ‘such’.
‘Such’ clause expresses cause and the ‘that’ clause expresses result. Table 1
CAUSE RESULT
subject verb
such a
adjective count noun
singular that
subject verb
It was
such a
hot day
that we
went out
Examples:
She is such a nice girl that everyone likes her.
It is such difficult homework that I can’t do it at all.
2.5.2. Indefinite Demonstrative adjectives
A. Indefinite Demonstrative Adjectives ‘a’ and ‘an’. A and an are used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. A and
an mean one. They are used before singular count nouns. A is used before words that begin with a consonant sound. An is used before words that begin with a
vowel sound.
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The choice between a and an is determined by sound. Before a word, beginning
with a vowel sound an is used; as, An enemy, an orange, an umbrella, an hour, an honest man.
It will be noticed that the words hour and honest begin with a vowel sound, as the
initial consonant h is not pronounced. Before a word beginning with a consonant sound a is used; as,
A boy, a yard, a hole, a university, a union
Because these words university, union begin with a consonant sound, that of yu. Before words beginning with h and not accented on the first syllable, an is often
used; as, An heir, an hour, an honest
Based on the theory of Martin and Wren, the indefinite demonstrative adjectives ‘a’ and ‘an’ are used:
To refer to something for the first time.
To refer to a particular member of a group or class.
To refer to a kind of, or example of something.
With singular nouns, after the words ‘what’ and ‘such’.
Meaning ‘one’, referring to a single object or person.
A Consonant sound
A Foreign student
An Vowel sound
An International student
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B. Indefinite Demonstrative Adjectives ‘some’ and ‘any’.
‘Some’ and ‘any’ are used before the countable and uncountable noun to show the indefinite quantity. ‘Some’ is used in positive sentences, while
‘any’ is used in negative sentences. Examples:
I have got some new friends here.
He doesn’t need any stamps.
‘Some’ and ‘any’ are also used in the interrogative sentences.
Example:
Do you have any homework to do?
Do you have some money?
C. Indefinite Demonstrative Adjectives ‘another’ and ‘other’.
‘Another’ comes from an + other. The word has a meaning one more out of a group of similar items. The word ‘another’ can be used in the form of
an adjective in front of a noun or the word one.
Examples:
She asked me to give her another example of my drawing.
They gave the child a balloon. When the child didn’t stop crying,
they gave her another one.
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‘Other’ means several more out of a group of similar items. It can be used in front of a plural noun or the word ones.
Examples:
He kept the other tickets for himself.
That girl has three ribbons. She takes one for her, one for her sister
and gave other ones to her best friend.
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CHAPTER 3
THE DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES IN THE ARTICLES OF JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER
3.1. The Data of the Articles in Jakarta Post Newspaper.
