Many students of English struggle to differentiate between four words: this, these, that, and those. These words are known as demonstratives, which is tricky to define because in and of themselves, the words have no meaning. Instead, they are used to refer to a previous person, object, concept, or set of things that has already been described. countries. In real life, this can occur when physically pointing to or gesturing with an object. For example, if you were at a library, you could hand the librarian a book and say, “Could you please check this out for me?” In that situation, you are using the word “this” in place of the word “book.” Based on what is occurring at the time, the librarian knows that “this” is referencing the book. In writing, it’s trickier. When you’re using a demonstrative word without showcasing what you mean by your actions, ie, a demonstration, then you need to be very clear about the subject of the sentence. Let’s look at the top of this blog. The first paragra...
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