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Pronoun This is my favorite T-shirt. Anything would be better than this. “What's this right here?” “It's a very rare gold coin.” Would you take a look at this, please? All of this is mine. This is the most fun I've had in years! “It will be difficult.” “ This is true.” What is the meaning of this? This is silver and that is gold. This is my jacket and that's yours. Adjective some of the best restaurants are on this side of town Adverb We've waited this long for the pizza, we might as well stay until it's ready. I need a nail about this long. See More Adverb Sports Is the Pac-12 really this bad? — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023 Having two volcanoes this close and both in a state of unrest is very unusual in Alaska, Power said, even though there are such occurrences elsewhere in the world. — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023 Lead researcher Ivo Labbe of Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology and his team expected to find little baby galaxies this close to the dawn of the universe – not these whoppers. — Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2023 Will Taylor Swift always be this close to a courtroom? — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 26 Aug. 2022 The lofi radios have been taken down because of false copyright strikes, hopefully @YouTubeCreators @YouTube will sort this quickly... — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 11 July 2022 The industry also expected it, just not this quickly, not in the third year of a complete rebuild of one of bas...

Pointing to things We use this and that with singular and uncountable nouns: Try to repeat this exercise every morning and evening. ( this + singular countable noun) What does this music make you think of? ( this + singular uncountable noun) I’ve never been to that part of France. ( that + singular countable noun) Can I have some of that juice, please? ( that + singular uncountable noun) We use these and those with plural nouns: You can use any one of these computers. ( these + plural noun) I need to paint those windows. ( those + plural noun) Time phrases We often use this with words describing time and dates like morning, afternoon, evening, week, month, year to refer to ‘the one that’s coming’ or ‘the one we’re currently in’: I’ll be with you some time this evening. Johan seemed very happy this afternoon. Ian is in Germany all this week. Referring to things or ideas We normally use this, that, these and those as pronouns to refer to things or ideas: Put the butter, chocolate and sugar in a saucepan. Heat this over a low flame until it melts. We’re going to eat first and then go to the film. Are you happy with that? (Are you happy with the idea of eating first, then going to the film?) [talking about the TV] Can you turn that off if you’re not watching it? [talking about shoes] What colour are those? Black or dark blue. I can’t see. Referring to people We can use this and that as pronouns to refer to people when we want to identify ourselves or others, or to ask the iden...

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Usage Note: This and that are both used as demonstrative pronouns to refer to a thought expressed earlier: The letter was unopened; that (or this ) in itself casts doubt on the inspector's theory. That is sometimes viewed as the better choice in referring to what has gone before (as in the preceding example). When the referent is yet to be mentioned, only this is used: This (not that ) is what bothers me: we have no time to consider late applications. · This is often used in speech and informal writing as a substitute for the indefinite article to refer to a specific thing or person: You should talk to this friend of mine at the Department of Motor Vehicles. I have this terrible feeling that I forgot to turn off the gas. It is best to avoid this substitution in formal writing except when a conversational tone is desired. See Usage Note at Get these kids out of here. 'This' is not usually used as a pronoun to refer to a person. You only use it when you are identifying someone or asking them about their identity. For example, you use this when you are introducing someone. Note that when you are introducing more than one person, you use this, not 'these'. B. DEM PRON ( these ( pl)) → éste/a; ( neuter) → esto who is this?→ what is this?→ this is new→ this is Mr Brown ( in introductions) → le in photo) → éste es el on phone) → soy or I prefer this to that→ but this is April→ pero estamos en this is Friday→ where did you find this?→ ¿dónde this is where I live→ "but he's nearly ...