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M-DCC Kendall Campus ESL and Foreign Languages Dept. Prepared by Jamil Istifan

Demonstrative Pronouns and Adjectives. M-DCC Kendall Campus ESL and Foreign Languages Dept. Prepared by Jamil Istifan. This/that/these/those. Can be used as  determiners with nouns to refer to people or things. E.g. This boy, that book…

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M-DCC Kendall Campus ESL and Foreign Languages Dept. Prepared by Jamil Istifan

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  1. Demonstrative Pronouns and Adjectives M-DCC Kendall Campus ESL and Foreign Languages Dept. Prepared by Jamil Istifan

  2. This/that/these/those • Can be used as  determiners with nouns to refer to people or things. • E.g. This boy, that book… • Without nouns, with verbs, are used as pronouns, normally only refer to things. • E.g. This costs more than that. • This man says he’s happy. (not: This says he’s happy.)

  3. This/these • To refer to people or things close to the speaker, we use this/these. E.g. This is beautiful. • Take these books off my desk… • Can be used to identify people. E.g. Is this Peter? • Hello. This is Judith. • To refer to time, things are going or about just to start. E.g Listen to this. Watch this… • To show acceptance or interest. E.g. Tell me about this new article.

  4. That/those • To refer to people or things distant from the speaker, or not present. E.g. All the time I spent in that city I remembered it. • Refer to something in the past, or just finished. E.g That was nice. (not: This was nice). • To refer to rejection or dislike. E.g. I don’t like that girlfriend of yours. • To show something that comes to its end. • E.g. That’s it. That’s all… • That/those means “the one(s)”. E.g. Those who finished writing can leave.

  5. This/these Vs. That/those • On the telephone this identify the speaker, while that identify the hearer. E.g. Hello. This is Jim. Is that Sandra? • This/that, in informal style, are used as ‘so’. E.g. • I didn’t realize it was going to be this hot. If your friend is that smart, why isn’t he rich? • This/that = it, in things mentioned: • E.g. So he decided to paint his house pink. It/this/that upset the neighbors.

  6. Possessive Adjectives • My, your, his, her, its, our and their are called  determiners, and/or possessive adjectives. They indicate ownership. E.g.That black Honda is my car. • Since they are determiners, they have a definite meaning; therefore, they don’t need the use of ‘the’. E.g. That black Honda is the my car. • Possessive adjectives, in plural, must follow the distributive use, logic and reasonable. E.g. I told the students to open their books. (not…their book)

  7. Possessive Pronouns • Mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are called possessive pronouns. They are used without nouns, or not followed by nouns immediately and indicate ownership. • E.g. This book is mine. (not to say: This book is my book)

  8. What This Means • In fact, the real use of whatever pronoun is to replace names, places, things or ideas in repetition. However, this last use is considered a weakness style in what is called academic writing.

  9. Conclusion • “Every style that’s not boring is a good one” _ Voltaire

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