That - This -These - Those

English Demonstratives That - This -These - Those


What are Demonstratives?
That This These Those
There are 4 demonstratives that, this, these and those. Demonstratives are used to state the distance from the speaker. The distance can be either psychological or physical.
A demonstrative is a pronoun or adjective which points out which item is being referred to.
In English there are only four demonstratives: this, that, these, and those.
A demonstrative pronoun is a demonstrative used in the place of a noun.
A demonstrative adjective is a demonstrative used to modify a noun.
Demonstrative pronoun: May I see that?
Demonstrative adjective: May I see that book?

Demonstratives can be used as pronouns or adjectives. They are sometimes referred to as demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative pronouns. When they are used as adjectives they modify the noun.
What is the grammatical difference between that, this, these those.
The difference between the demonstratives distance (near and far) and singular and plural.
"This" is used for singular nouns that are close to the speaker.
"That" is used for singular nouns that are far from the speaker.
"These" is used for plural nouns that are close to the speaker.
"Those" is used for plural nouns that are far from the speaker.
- Singular Plural Close Far
This x - x -
That x - - x
These - x x -
Those = x - x

Examples of English Demonstratives
Demonstratives Demonstrative Adjectives
That That is the place. That restaurant is really good.
This This is really good. This book is really good.
These These are a lot of fun. These games are a lot of fun.
Those Those are really good English books Those English books are really good.

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