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demonstrative pronoun (dict)
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Demonstrative PronounA demonstrative pronoun in grammar and syntax is a pronoun that shows the place of something. In English, a demonstrative pronoun may be definite or indefinite. Definite demonstratives are the words: this, that, these, those, one, ones, none, such. They serve the function of pointing to the ancedent and demonstrate how close something is (proximity). Demonstrative pronouns can be singular, such as this and that, however most demonstrative pronouns are plural, and they generally stand in for a noun phrase. Indefinite demonstrative pronouns are these: each, either, neither, everyone, everything, anybody, some, many and one. They function as substitutes for a noun that is understood or implied but they generally have no specific antecedent in mind. An example Take the sentence "The cow jumped over the moon" and make the object of that sentence the subject of a new more complex sentence, like this: "The moon that the cow jumped over, was full."
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