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Adia Khan Posted 11 years ago
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Please kidly tell me usuage of This.....

I want to ask can we use "this" in historical past, If, we can then in which cases?. Such as "the aftermath of the world war I, was formidable, on this war not only million people were killed but displaced also".      
  

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Adia Khan I want to ask can we use "this" in historical past, Yes. "This" just references something you mentioned earlier in the text. Alexander the Great was a Greek military leader.

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  • Adia Khan I want to ask can we use "this" in historical past, Yes.
  • "This" just references something you mentioned earlier in the text.
  • Alexander the Great was a Greek military leader.
  • This young man conquered most of the known world, from Italy to India, before he died at the age of 32.
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Adia KhanI want to ask can we use "this" in historical past,
Yes. "This" just references something you mentioned earlier in the text.

Alexander the Great was a Greek military leader. This young man conquered most of the known world, from Italy to India, before he died at the age of 32.
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Adia Khan"the aftermath of the world war I,
This should be the aftermath of world war I (there is no need for the word the, before the word world) or, the aftermath of the first world war.
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Anonymousthe aftermath of world war I
the aftermath of World War I
Anonymousthe first world war.
the First World War
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Mister Micawberthe First World War
Also known historically as the Great War.
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