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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
...that/this one guy...
Hi all
What does the word 'that' mean here? Would anything change if 'this' was substituted for 'that'?
"I jog at this track every day and there is always that one guy who has to go against the grain and run in the opposite direction."
Thank you
PBF
What does the word 'that' mean here? Would anything change if 'this' was substituted for 'that'?
"I jog at this track every day and there is always that one guy who has to go against the grain and run in the opposite direction."
Thank you
PBF
Top answer
" So you could call it a demonstrative adjective. "This" and "that" can also serve as pronouns, but in your example they're adjectives because they modify nouns. They could refer to physical distance, as the near one vs.
- " So you could call it a demonstrative adjective.
- "This" and "that" can also serve as pronouns, but in your example they're adjectives because they modify nouns.
- They could refer to physical distance, as the near one vs.
- the far one; or they could refer to "the one I'm thinking of" vs.
- the one you're thinking of.
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I'd say it's just an adjective answering "which one," where "these"and "those" would answer "which ones." So you could call it a demonstrative adjective.
"This" and "that" can also serve as pronouns, but in your example they're adjectives because they modify nouns.
They could refer to physical distance, as the near one vs. the far one; or they could refer to "the one I'm th
"This" and "that" can also serve as pronouns, but in your example they're adjectives because they modify nouns.
They could refer to physical distance, as the near one vs. the far one; or they could refer to "the one I'm th
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Ah I see. Thanks for explaining Avangi. 
Don't worry. I don't even know what your first pass was.
Don't worry. I don't even know what your first pass was.
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