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A PossEssIVE PRoNoUN is a pronoun that indicates ownership or possession. Some are used alone: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
Example:
A watch’s minute hand moves more quickly than mine.
Others go before a noun: my, your, his, her, its, our, their Example:
My anxiety was killing me.
DEMosTRATIVE PRoNoUNs are used to point out a specific person, place, or
thing.
Use that to point out a person, place or thing that is far away. Use these to point out more than one person, place, or thing near you.
Use those to point out more than one person, place or thing far away from you.
Examples:
What is this? (Near-singular) I can’t see that. (Far-singular)
These were hard; I’m still working on them. (Near-plural) Those are easier; you will finish faster. (Far-plural)
Be careful! When this, that, these and those do not take the place of a noun they are considered adjectives
Example: These assignments were hard. adjective noun
The word these is only showing where it is not replacing the noun which is assignments.
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this, that, these, those
Use this to point out a person, place or thing that is near.
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