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demonstrative pronouns

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  1. Pronouns that point to specific things: this, that, these, and those, as in “This is an apple,” “Those are boys,” or “Take these to the clerk.” The same words are used as demonstrative adjectives when they modify nouns or pronouns: “this apple,” “those boys.”


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The good news is that there are only four demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, and those.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

However, the world of pronouns extends to reflexive, indefinite, and demonstrative pronouns as well.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Good news and bad news come along with demonstrative pronouns.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

The present declension of the demonstrative pronouns is as follows:— A. She.—Defective in the oblique cases.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

The want of more distinctions between the demonstrative pronouns is also greatly felt.

From Charmides by Benjamin Jowett

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