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Quantifier
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Quantifiers (information can be found in articles and names and quantifiers, determiners and predeterminers) are syntactic elements introducing NPs. They correspond to mathematical expressions from a semantic point of view.

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Quantifiers provide utterances with as much exactness and precision as is needed. Two examples are given below:

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a. Guon jonges wiene te let
some boys were too late
Some boys were too late
b. Fjouwer famkes laken
four girls laughed
Four girls laughed

Articles provide the basic types of quantifiers. Two examples are given below:

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a. In jonge wie te let
a boy was too late
A boy was too late
b. Gjin jonge wie te let
no boy was too late
No boy was too late
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