The correspondence between determiners and pronouns

Abstract EN

There is a close connection or relationship between determiners and pronouns.

This correspondence is due to certain similarities.

The two sets deal mainly with noun phrases.

Besides, some forms, such as demonstratives : this, that, these and those, can be used unchanged as determiners and pronouns.

Moreover, there is a clear morphological parallel between determiners and pronouns, for example with the possessive forms : my–mine, our–ours, etc.

As a result, confusion may be made in recognizing whether a determiner or pronoun is used in written texts.