Demonstrative adjectives

The adjectives are seven fractions. We have already seen the adjectives of quality;
now we are going to grapple the demonstrative ones.
There are only four demonstrative adjectives and they usually come before the nouns
orpronouns‘ one ’or‘ one s’.The ya re as follows,

1. “
Thi
s”whichde mons tratesas
ing
ula
rpe
rsonorobj
ectt
hati
scl
ose
:
o This pen is my pen.
o This is a smart girl.

2. “
That
”foras ing ularf arawa ype rsonor thing.
o That boy over there is my nephew.
o That is the car my father bought yesterday.

3. “The se
”ist
hea dj
ec ti
veweus et opointt
oagr
oupofpe
opl
eort
hing
stha
tare
near.
o These shoes are expensive
o These people come to see you.
 4. “
Those
”indi
c ati
ngag roupofpe opleort hing sf r
om t
woona
nda
re“
ove
r
t
her
e”.
o Those are my brothers (over there)
o Those are the tools I talked about last time.

As you can see this category of adjectives is the only one that agrees with its noun in
number. Thesea dje ct
ivesa refol l
owe dby“ one ”or“ ones”whe nthe reisc ompa ri
son
between two things of the same type:

a. That watch is expensive but this (one) is cheap.

b. Don’ teatthise gg.Ea ttha t(one).
c. These people are rich but those (ones) are poor.

Se ethatthepr onouns‘ one ’and‘ one s’i nt

hee xampl e sabovea reputbe tween
brackets; which means that they can be omitted as being optional. i.e. the meaning of
the sentence is understood without them.
Inot hers i
tuationsthepr onouns‘ one ’a nd‘one s’a f
te r“this”,“tha t”,“these”or“ t
hose”
are necessary especially when there is another adjective (of quality) between the
demonstrative adjective and the pronoun as in the following examples.

a. AsIne eds omepe ns

,I’
llbuyt
hes
eblue ones.
b. Put on that tights
hir
t;I
’l
lweart
hisbaggy one.

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