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DETERMINERS & QUANTIFIERS

Meslek adlarının önünde
▪ Being a visual designer means having to work with clients, so you sometimes need to persuade them to see things
our way.
Bazı hastalık adlarının önünde
▪ One of the easiest ways to cure a sore throat is with honey, although it may not be effective against other cold
symptoms like sneezing or a runny nose.
Tek bir kişi veya nesneyi tanımlarken
▪ When ripe, an apple is distinguished by its bulging skin, which can be light green, yellow, orange, red, or purple-blackish.

Definite Article: the
“The” sözü edilen ismin belirli, tanımlanmış veya nitelenmiş bir örneğinden bahsederken kullanılır. Tekil ve çoğul isimlerin
yanı sıra sayılamayan isimlerle de kullanılabilir.
▪ The film shot by the famous director has always been considered one of the best in French cinema.

Aşağıdaki durumlarda “the” kullanırız:
Video 2.3
Bir nesneden ikinci kez bahsederken
▪ Scientists have devised a new method for determining how fast dinosaurs walked; the method involves studying
the lengths of dinosaur bones and the speeds of various living animals.
Superlatives yapısı kullanırken
▪ İstanbul, with more than 15 million people living there, is one of the most crowded cities in Europe.
Sıfatlarla bir grubu ifade ederken
▪ The elderly tend to have a negative view of the latest technology; however, many recent apps on the Internet may
improve their quality of life in myriad ways.
Sıra sayıları ile birlikte kullanırken
▪ Labarna I was the first king of the Hittites, who were well-known for their love of exquisite luxuries, such as clothing
and jewellery made from gold, silver, bronze, copper, and iron.
İcatlardan bahsederken
▪ The wheel was the advancement that humankind needed, and it definitely revolutionised civilisation in a positive way.
Müzik aletlerinden bahsederken
▪ The guitar has gone through changes in design over the years, so it is not the same instrument as it was four hundred
years ago.
Coğrafi adlar ile kullanırken
▪ The Atlantic Ocean has almost twice the land area of the entire continent of Europe, which is about ten and a half
million square kilometres.
Gazete, gemi, yön isimleri ile kullanırken
▪ The New York Herald was one of the first newspapers to publish the Titanic tragedy.
“Only” ve “same” kelimeleri ile kullanırken
▪ Liechtenstein is the only country in the world not to host any embassy.
Birleşik kurum adları ile kullanırken
▪ As a specialised agency of the United Nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) is in charge of international
public health and setting standards for medicines, vaccines, and medical technology.
Birden fazla bölgeden oluşan ülke adları ve ‘republic, union, kingdom’ kelimelerini içeren ülke adları ile
kullanırken
th
▪ After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the first quarter of the 20 century, the Turkish Republic was officially
established on October 29, 1923.

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