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Determiners which denounce negative or individual amount


any, no, either, neither


either, neither – followed by singular countable nouns


no – in front of sing & plural


I have no dog

I have no dogs ← both the same information


Any policeman will help you. ← neither question nor negation – arbitrary use of any




We use the in front of adjective that is used as a noun to refer to the whole group of ppl.

'the wise ppl'



Have an hour

An hour an a half


We don't use articles in front of 'man' when it refers to the whole mankind