Kinds of Pronouns: Demonstrative Pronoun

Demonstrative Pronoun

is a pronoun that points out an intended referent.

From its name demonstrative or demonstrate which literally means 'to show' or 'to point,' Demonstrative pronouns are used as a pointer an object (or objects), person (or persons), event (or events) you're pertaining to.

These are the most common Demonstrative pronouns: this, these, that and those. The same words may also be used as determiners in a sentence.

A determiner is a word such as the, some, my, etc. that comes before a noun to show how the noun is being used.

Observe this chart to see how this pronouns may be used in both cases.

*Take note that Demonstrative pronoun is very similar to Demonstrative adjective though used differently. Demonstrative pronouns stands alone while Demonstrative adjective qualifies a noun. The Demonstrative pronoun 'that' may also be used as a Relative pronoun.

Look at this mini chart to compare the difference of Demonstrative pronoun and Demonstrative adjective.

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