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00Not given enough context, I think "those who" is somewhat emphatic to my ear. 02br
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0 Its almost pointless to try to interpret something like this without context - but that usually doesn't stop me! I could suggest two possible differences: 02br
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001) "Those people who..." sounds a little more formal - its trying harder to sound important. 02br
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002)To me, the sentence starting with "those" indicates that maybe the speaker is goi

0 To Khoff, 02br
00How about these sentences, 02br
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00a) "I detest PEOPLE WHO spit on the streets and detest even more, THOSE (PEOPLE) WHO do so arrogantly!" 02br
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00b) "I try to help PEOPLE WHO are interested in English and encourage THOSE (PEOPLE) who study English diligently." 0-

0 Hi, khoff! 02br
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00I know that context is super important. That's why I'm asking about the 'feel' of 'those people who' and 'people who'; I'm not asking for the interpretation. 02br
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00Say, when you hear 'We need 01b00 people who 02b00 are ready, and able, to lead us into a more prosperous future.' and 'We need 01b

0 Wow! Blacknomi! Long time, no see! 0-

0 /// Say, when you hear 'We need people who are ready, and able, to lead us into a more prosperous future.' and 'We need those people who are ready, and able, to lead us into a more prosperous future.' /// (How do you put the quote in those nice blue boxes, anyway?) 02br
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00Okay, Taka, here is my totally intuitive reaction to these two sentences - In the first sentence

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00Now you can turn all your posts beet-green-green, khoff! 02br
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00 here is my totally intuitive reaction to these two sentences 12blockquote

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00Great! The reason I join this wonderful EnglishForward.com is because I need analysises with native speekers' feel of the language; I'm not here for the dry, inhuman stuff. I have enough of it here in Japan. 05002

0 Well, this will probably sound a little strange; but to my mind, 'those people who' has the air of a pointing finger. 02br
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00If you were making a speech, you might accompany the stresses in 'thóse péople' with extended-forefinger gestures. 02br
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00 Well, this will probably sound a little strange; but to my mind, 'those people who' has the air of a pointing finger. 12blockquote

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00No strange at all, MrP! In fact, believe it or not, I thought almost the same way! I thought it 'pointed' to a certain kind of peope the addressees-01del00and the addres