Give examples of partitive determiners in sentences.

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Give examples of partitive determiners in sentences.

Partitive determiners are used to indicate an indefinite or incomplete quantity of something. They are used when referring to a part or portion of a whole. Here are some examples of sentences using partitive determiners:

1. I would like some water, please.
2. Can you give me a piece of cake?
3. She bought a few books at the bookstore.
4. He ate a bit of the pizza.
5. We need a little more time to finish the project.
6. They drank a glass of milk each.
7. Would you like a spoonful of sugar in your tea?
8. The teacher gave us a lot of homework.
9. He only had a small amount of money left.
10. She ate a slice of bread with butter.

In these sentences, the partitive determiners "some," "a piece of," "a few," "a bit of," "a little," "a glass of," "a spoonful of," "a lot of," "a small amount of," and "a slice of" are used to indicate an indefinite or incomplete quantity of the nouns they modify.