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determiner or adjective

In the phrase, "Thousands of refugees fled the senseless killings." Is "thousands" considered as a determiner or an adjective?

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Re: determiner or adjective

Thousands here is a determiner. In fact, it is a particular type of determiner called a quantifier (which determines quantity).

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