those
determiner,pronoun
uk/ðəʊz/us/ðoʊz/A1
pluralofthat
- Can Ihelpyou with thosebags?
- If youaddthose fourfiguresup, it comes to over £500.
- It issurelythedutyof thestrongermembersin asocietytohelpthose who areweak.
- Don'tkeepall thosechocolatesto yourself -passthem around.
- In thosedaysit wasconsiderednotquiteproperforyoungladiesto beseentalkingto men inpublic.
Quoting & making references
- aforementioned
- allude tosomeone/something
- allusion
- allusiveness
- as forsomeone/somethingidiom
- bandysomethingaround
- bring
- come up
- direct speech
- indirect speech
- pursuant
- quote
- quote...unquoteidiom
- refer tosomeone/something
- reference
- referent
- rub
- rubsomethingin
- touch
- word
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Isolating and separating
Learning & knowing
Grammar
This,that,these,those
This, that, these and those are demonstratives. We use this, that, these and those to point to people and things. This and that are singular. These and those are plural. We use them as determiners and pronouns.…This,that,these,thoseas determiners
We use this and that with singular and uncountable nouns:…This,that,these,thoseas pronouns
We normally use this, that, these and those as pronouns to refer to things or ideas:…Thisandthese,thatandthose: uses
We use this and these most commonly to point to things and people that are close to the speaker or writer, or things that are happening now:…Substitution withthat, those
In formal contexts, we can use that and those as substitutes meaning ‘the one(s)’:…