diff --git a/lib/src/english/CatEng.gf b/lib/src/english/CatEng.gf
index 8b512ff75..667f94677 100644
--- a/lib/src/english/CatEng.gf
+++ b/lib/src/english/CatEng.gf
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ concrete CatEng of Cat = CommonX ** open ResEng, Prelude in {
     CN = {s : Number => Case => Str ; g : Gender} ;
     NP = {s : Case => Str ; a : Agr} ;
     Pron = {s : Case => Str ; sp : Case => Str ; a : Agr} ;
-    Det = {s : Str ; sp : Case => Str ; n : Number} ;
+    Det = {s : Str ; sp : Case => Str ; n : Number ; hasNum : Bool} ;
     Predet = {s : Str} ;
     Ord = { s : Case => Str } ;
     Num  = {s : Case => Str ; n : Number ; hasCard : Bool} ;
diff --git a/lib/src/english/MorphoEng.gf b/lib/src/english/MorphoEng.gf
index 437a0646f..053a241a0 100644
--- a/lib/src/english/MorphoEng.gf
+++ b/lib/src/english/MorphoEng.gf
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ resource MorphoEng = open Prelude, (Predef=Predef), ResEng in {
 
   oper 
 
-  mkDeterminer : Number -> Str -> {s : Str ; sp : Case => Str; n : Number} = \n,s ->
+  mkDeterminer : Number -> Str -> 
+    {s : Str ; sp : Case => Str; n : Number ; hasNum : Bool} = \n,s ->
     {s = s; 
      sp = regGenitiveS s ;
-     n = n} ;
+     n = n ;
+     hasNum = True ; -- doesn't matter since s = sp
+     } ;
 
 --2 Pronouns
 
diff --git a/lib/src/english/NounEng.gf b/lib/src/english/NounEng.gf
index 31fe24659..6181f1577 100644
--- a/lib/src/english/NounEng.gf
+++ b/lib/src/english/NounEng.gf
@@ -37,17 +37,19 @@ concrete NounEng of Noun = CatEng ** open MorphoEng, ResEng, Prelude in {
                      False => quant.sp ! num.hasCard ! num.n ! c ++ num.s ! Nom ;
                      True  => quant.sp ! num.hasCard ! num.n ! Nom ++ num.s ! c
                   } ;
-      n  = num.n
+      n  = num.n ;
+      hasNum = num.hasCard
       } ;
 
     DetQuantOrd quant num ord = {
       s  = quant.s ! num.hasCard ! num.n ++ num.s ! Nom ++ ord.s ! Nom; 
       sp = \\c => quant.sp ! num.hasCard ! num.n ! Nom ++ num.s ! Nom ++ ord.s ! c ; 
-      n  = num.n
+      n  = num.n ;
+      hasNum = True
       } ;
 
     DetNP det = {
-      s = det.sp ;
+      s = case det.hasNum of {True => \\_ => det.s ; _ => det.sp} ;
       a = agrP3 det.n
       } ;