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Bee pen 194 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Them vs Those

My mum was corrected by my brother-in-law stating, It’s not them it’s those. My mum said; “ I really like them.” Referring to my sister’s oysters she had just tasted.

Is he correct?

  

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I'll put bets on your mum. g. She ate one or two oysters.

  • I'll put bets on your mum.
  • g.
  • She ate one or two oysters.
  • Sister asks: Do you like my oysters?
  • Mum answers, "Yes, I really like them.
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I'll put bets on your mum.

e.g. She ate one or two oysters.


Sister asks: Do you like my oysters?
Mum answers, "Yes, I really like them. I'd like another one of those oysters." (Pointing to the plate of sister's oysters on the sideboard, not to a different plate of oysters that brother-in-law fixed.)

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