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Demonstrative adjectives:

►As demonstrative adjectives, this (and these) indicate proximity, that (and those)
indicate distance.

Example: This book is mine, that book is yours.


These books are mine, those books are yours.

Demonstrative pronouns:
► This (these) and that (those) can also be used as demonstrative pronouns:

This is mine, that is yours.


These are mine, those are yours.
The same values of proximity and distance apply as for adjectives.

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