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“This / that / these / those” “THESE” AND “THOSE” AS DETERMINERS

“These” and “those” are
only used with plural
“This,” “that,” “these,” and “those” can be used as determiners See also: nouns. “These” is used for
before a noun to specify which noun is being talked about. They Singular and plural nouns 69 things close by or current.
can also be used as pronouns to replace a noun in a sentence. Personal pronouns 77 Possession 80 “Those” is used for things
farther away or in the past.

“THIS” AND “THAT” AS DETERMINERS
“These” is the “These” and “those”
“This” and “that” are only plural of “this.” go before plural nouns.
used with singular nouns.
“This” is used for something
close, and “that” for The house is close to you.
something farther away.

The house is farther away from you.

“This” can also be used
for something current or “Those” is the “These” and “those”
present, and “that” can “This” refers to the job that plural of “that.” go before plural nouns.
be used for something the speaker is currently doing.
absent or in the past.

FURTHER EXAMPLES
“That” refers to a job in the past “Was” is in the
that isn’t being done anymore. past tense.

FURTHER EXAMPLES

Uncountable nouns are only “Other” can be used after
used with “this” and “that,” “that” to stress that it is
never “these” and “those.” different to the first noun.

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