Yes, This, that, these, and those (the demonstrative pronouns) are also known as ''pointing words''.
Yes, This, that, these, and those (the demonstrative pronouns) are also known as ''pointing words''.
Yes, the demonstrative pronoun is often referred to as a pointing word because it helps to point out or identify a specific person, place, or thing in relation to the speaker.
A demonstrative pronoun takes the place of a noun in the context of near or far in place or time. The antecedent of a demonstrative pronoun is often indicated by gesture or has been mentioned previously.The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, and those.Examples:This is my favorite color.I would like some of those.That is where I went to school.We can have these with dinner tonight.Note: The demonstrative pronouns are adjectives when placed before a noun to describe that noun.Example: We can have these carrots with dinner.
A pronoun that clarifies or renames a noun is called a demonstrative pronoun. Demonstrative pronouns include words like "this," "that," "these," and "those" that help specify or point out which noun is being referred to.
Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, themselves) Intensive pronouns (myself, himself, herself) Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those) Interrogative pronouns (who, whom, whose, which) Relative pronouns (who, whom, whose, which, that) Indefinite pronouns (everyone, nobody, nothing) Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers) Reciprocal pronouns (each other, one another) Personal pronouns (I, we, you, he, she) Indefinite pronouns (someone, anybody, everything)
Adjective pronouns are sometimes called possessive pronouns, but they are not true pronouns because they do not take the place of a noun, they describe a noun. Examples:Adjective: Mary bought a new car; her car is blue.Possessive: The blue car is hers.
Pronouns that refer mostly to people are called personal pronouns. Some personal pronouns include I, me, you, him, her, she, them, he, and they.
There are no 'declarative' pronouns in English. You may mean demonstrative pronouns.The demonstrative pronouns take the place of a noun to indicate or point out particular person , place, or thing as near in place or time, or far in place or time.The demonstrative pronouns are:THIS, THAT, THESE, and THOSE
The pronouns for the speaker are the first personpronouns: I, me, we, us, my, mine, our, ours, myself, ourselves.
There are a group of pronouns called indefinite pronouns but no group called definite pronouns. I have only seen that term used once before, it was for definite personal pronouns. The personal pronouns are I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, they, them.
"This" is a pronoun of the type called "demonstrative".
B. Adjectival pronouns (possessive adjectives).