demonstrative pronouns

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Good news and bad news come along with demonstrative pronouns.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

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

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Perhaps the words former and latter may be properly ranked amongst the demonstrative pronouns, especially in many of their applications.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

These pronominal adverbs, like the demonstrative pronouns, are very numerous and also include the points of the compass.

From The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)