[Grammar] Determiners in English (Both, Neither, Either, None etc.)

Arthur1909 said:

Hello! I learnt some determiners at my English lesson today and still have questions.

3. The exam was difficult. I could only answer half of the questions. - Is it possible to say 'half questions'? No. And why don't they use an article 'a' in front of 'half'? Because it is not required.

4. She made up the whole story from beginning to end. None of if was true. - Is 'neither of it' suitable in this context? No

5. I watched most of the film but not all of it. - But we don't usually say 'all film' No, we normally use 'the whole'.Who told you that we 'normally use this? In this particular example,'all' is more natural than 'the whole'.

6. Both of my parents are from London. - My grammar book says it's possible to omit[STRIKE]t[/STRIKE] 'of' in this kind of sentence. Yes.

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Arthur1909 said:

6. Both of my parents are from London. - My grammar book says it's possible to omitt 'of' in this kind of sentence. But what about №3?
Yes, it's ok, also in 3.

7. I tried twice to phone George but both times he was out. - I am not sure whether I'm correct or not.
This is starting to look like homework. We don't do that.

8. It was a boring film. It was very long too. --> The film was both boring and long. - Not sure about it. Sounds OK.

9. Is that man's name Richard? Or is it Robert? It's one of the two. --> That man's name is either Richard or Robert. - I might be mistaken. Correct me please if I'm not right.

10. You can phone me at any time during the evening. I'm always at home. I've chosen a word 'any'. Is it a proper one? Yes.

Thanks in advance!

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