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==Demonstrative adjective (determiner)==
 
==Demonstrative adjective (determiner)==
  
*<span style="font-weight:bold;">this</span> shirt is the one the speaker is close to.
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*<span style="color:darkbrown;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">this</span> computer</span> is the one I am using.
*<span style="color:#AAAAAA;">that</span> shirt is farther away.
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*<span style="color:darkbrown;"><span style="color:#AAAAAA;">that</span> computer</span> is farther away.
  
 
*Kids <span style="font-weight:bold;">these</span> days...
 
*Kids <span style="font-weight:bold;">these</span> days...
*back in <span style="color:#AAAAAA;">those</span> days...
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*Back in <span style="color:#AAAAAA;">those</span> days...
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 13:57, 27 September 2019

Pronoun, (singular)

  • this, or this one, is near the speaker.
  • that, or that one, is farther away.

The initial voiced dental fricative ð is a deictic common to both the singular and plural:

  • these (or in some dialects, these ones) are near the speaker.
  • those (or in some dialects, those ones) are farther away.

Demonstrative adjective (determiner)

  • this computer is the one I am using.
  • that computer is farther away.
  • Kids these days...
  • Back in those days...

See also

this.Javascript