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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is the word 'Those', properly used?

Those spas that were affected were the HotSpring & Limelight models.
  

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Anonymous Those spas that were affected were the HotSpring & Limelight models. I wouldn't consider it improper as long as we can assume some earlier discussion by way of prior context. But I think "The" would be a better, higher register choice.

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  • Anonymous Those spas that were affected were the HotSpring & Limelight models.
  • I wouldn't consider it improper as long as we can assume some earlier discussion by way of prior context.
  • But I think "The" would be a better, higher register choice.
  • " (No prior context is necessary.
  • ) The key is that we have to know what the "demonstrative" pronoun points to.
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AnonymousThose spas that were affected were the HotSpring & Limelight models.
I wouldn't consider it improper as long as we can assume some earlier discussion by way of prior context.

But I think "The" would be a better, higher register choice.

You can say things like, "This discount applies to those spas that were damaged by the flood
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