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Sebast Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

What is the difference between this and it ?

What is the difference between this and it and between these and those ?

I have never been sure which of this words I should use.
  

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Welcome to the forums! Be advised that it is often better to offer a context with your questions. In this case, it is difficult to explain without something to base it on.

— Philip

  • Welcome to the forums!
  • Be advised that it is often better to offer a context with your questions.
  • In this case, it is difficult to explain without something to base it on.
  • It = 3rd person singular neutral pronoun (subject and object) This = demonstrative adjective or pronoun These / those: proximity ( these are closer to the speaker than those )
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Welcome to the forums! Be advised that it is often better to offer a context with your questions. In this case, it is difficult to explain without something to base it on.

It = 3rd person singular neutral pronoun (subject and object)

This = demonstrative adjective or pronoun

These / those: proximity (these are closer to the speaker than those)
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Near the speaker Away from the speaker
(here) (there)
One this that
More than one these those

This is my car. That is your car.
These are my pens. Those are your pens.
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