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67. this/that/these/those
A.
This picture
This (= the picture here)
These These flowers.
(= the flowers here)
That picture
That (= the picture there)
Those Those people
(= the people there)
B. We use this/that/these/those with a noun (this hotel/that woman, etc.) without a noun
(this/that, etc.)
- This hotel is expensive, but it’s very nice.
- “Who’s that woman?” “I don’t know.”
- Do you like these shoes? I bought them last week.
- Don’t eat those apples. They’re rotten.
- This is a nice hotel, but it’s very expensive.
- “Excuse me, is this your bag?” “Oh, yes. Thank you very much.”
- Which shoes do you like better? These or those?
Raymond Murphy. Essential Grammar in Use. Singapore : Cambridge University Press. 2002.
