21. In Italian, the possessive determiners behave in almost every respect like adjectives. 22. They can then get repeated on determiners or complements. 23. Determiners are the first constituents in a noun phrase.24. In English, adjectives come before the nouns they modify and after determiners . 25. Almost all determiners can function as independent pronouns, demonstratives or noun modifiers. 26. Possessive determiners are not used in combination with articles or other definite determiners. 27. Possessive determiners are not used in combination with articles or other definite determiners . 28. One of the most important modifiers is the determiner . 29. The father is not the biological determiner of the child's sex. 30. Alleyne and Ferreira list four classes, based on the original French determiner .