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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

These

Can I say,

These twenty flowers are in the vase.
  

Top answer

No! You cannot use " these " and " in the vase " together. For this you need to use " those ".

  • No!
  • You cannot use " these " and " in the vase " together.
  • For this you need to use " those ".
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No!

You cannot use "these" and "in the vase" together. For this you need to use "those".
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By the way,my friend told me that the sentence above is correct!

If I mean:

These twenty flowers that I've just mentioned are in the vase.

What do you think?
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It's fine.
The difference between "these" and "those" is analogous to the difference between "this" and "that" in the singular. It is a matter of proximity (near versus far).
So I can say:
This flower is in the vase. (singular)

That flower is in the vase.
These flowers are in the vase. (plural)

Those flowers are in the vase.

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