That or this

anonymous1.He is so realistic! That is why I love his painting.or2. He is so realistic! This is why I love his painting.

Both are grammatical, but 'that' is more common when referring to something that occurs previously in the text.

'this' tends to be used for what f

Now I understand !

But maybe you could help me with these examples:

Let's talk about this or

Let's talk about that

Person A says: I want to go shopping now .Will you come with me?

Person B says: Let's talk about this later

or

Person A says: I was shopping with my best friends and it was wonderful.

Person B says: Let's talk abo

Man A writes:Dude,I'm literally in love with your music
and I'm not 21,please get me and my friend into the club so we can see you

Man A writes: I'll send you a picture of my dog if you do it
Then Man A writes: I hate you and your stupid mother

Man B writes: Well that escalated quickly

My question now is why Man B writes "Well that escalated quickly" and not "W

Does Man B use "that" and not "this" because his opion is that the situation/conversation already escalated and that is why he uses "that" and not "this"

Example A :

Well this escalated quickly ...

Dude,I'm literally in love with your music
and I'm not 21,please get me and my friend into the club so we can see you

I'll send you a picture of my dog if you do it
I hate you and your stupid mother

Example B:

Dude,I'm literally in love with your music
and I'm not 21,please get me and

this would occur at the beginning of the story, for example, if you started by saying I'd like you to take a look at this story. This comment occurs before the story is told.

Example A:

I'd like you to take a look at this story ...

Dude,I'm literally in love with your music
and I'm not 21,please get me a

Sorry I mean ....CalifJim you wrote: "This comment occurs before the story is told." Why didn't you write "That comment occurs before the story is told"?

Okay . Thank you for your answer.

Example A:

Person A says: I want to go shopping now .Will you come with me?

Person B says: Yes. That's a good idea .

Example B:

Person A says: I was shopping with my best friends and it was wonderful.

Person B says: That's great.

Are those examples right?

A market that looks amazing is in front of me(I'm not in the market)and there's another market that looks amazing on the other side.

Can I describe the situation like this ...

This market in front of me looks amazing and that market on the other side looks amazing.

Question:

1. Can I only use "this market looks amazing" when I'm in the market or can I also use "thi

Example: A market is directly in front of me I can touch the market .Can I say to the market this market or should I say to the market that market because I'm not in the market ?