2️⃣ Demonstrative Pronouns


In grammar, a #demonstrative is a determiner or a pronoun that points to a particular noun or to the noun it replaces. There are four #demonstratives in English:
• the "near" demonstratives this and these, and
• the "far" demonstratives that and those.
This and that are singular; these and those are plural.

🔹A #demonstrative_pronoun distinguishes its antecedent from similar things. For example:

➖Let me pick out the books. I want these, not those.
➖Here's a copy of the plan. Study this carefully.
➖Your notes are worthless. Read these instead.
➖The rolls I brought are fresh. Those are stale.

🔹When a demonstrative comes before a noun, it's sometimes called a #demonstrative_adjective or a #demonstrative_determiner:

➖Son, take this bat and hit that ball out of the park.
➖This movie is boring.
➖That idea is crazy.
➖These brownies are delicious.
➖Those children are hungry.


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