What kind of determiner is the underlined word in the sentence?
You can park your scooter on either side of the lane after nine at night.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Distributive determiner
Here “either” comes before “side” and means one or the other of the two sides.
| Option | Meaning and use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Demonstrative determiner | points to a thing: this, that, these, those | Those sarees are from Kanchipuram. |
| (2) Interrogative determiner | comes before a noun and asks a question: which, what, whose | What time does the shop open? |
| (3) Article | the articles are a, an and the | We saw an owl on the neem tree. |
| (4) Distributive determiner (answer) | takes people or things one at a time: each, every, either, neither | Every child in the class got a new notebook. |