demonstrative pronoun
grammar
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In grammar, a demonstrative pronoun is a word used to point out a specific person or thing. The four demonstrative pronouns in English are this, that, these, and those. They function similarly to demonstrative adjectives but are used independently in a sentence, replacing a noun or noun phrase. This and that are singular, while these and those are plural. They help distinguish what is being referred to from other items.1234
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