1.208 The general way

General determiners are used in noun groups when you are talking about people or things in a general or indefinite way, without identifying them.

Here is a list of general determiners:

• a, all, an, another, any, both, each, either, enough, every, few, little, many, more, most, much, neither, no, other, several, some

'A', and 'an' are the commonest general determiners; they are sometimes called the indefinite article. For more information about 'a' and 'an', see paragraphs 1.213 to 1.220.

For more information about the other general determiners, see paragraphs 1.221 to 1.235.