A demonstrative pronoun takes the place of a noun indicating near or far in place or time. A demonstrative pronoun may or may not have an antecedent. The speaker may be indicating by gesture (demonstrating) the person or thing referred to.
The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, and those.
Example sentences:
This is my new office. (the antecedent is the noun 'office')
The auto show starts today. My roommate told me that. (the entire first sentence is the antecedent)
I would like some of these. (no antecedent, the speaker is indicating by gesture)
Note: The demonstrative pronouns also function as adjectives when placed just before a noun to describe the noun.
Example: I like these tulips.
A demonstrative pronoun replaces a noun, while a demonstrative adjective modifies a noun. For example, in the sentence "This is my book," "this" is a demonstrative pronoun replacing the noun "book," and in the sentence "I want that book," "that" is a demonstrative adjective modifying the noun "book."
Indicative pronouns such as "this," "that," "these," and "those" are used to point out or indicate specific people or things. They help to clarify or identify nouns in a sentence.
A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause, called a relative clause. A relative clause 'relates' information about it's antecedent.The relative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, which, that.Examples:The actor who played Hamlet was excellent.The man whose car I hit was very nice about it.The shoes that I bought were very expensive.The customer for whom I made that cake will pick it up at four.I found the book which is out of print at the book fair.
Demonstrative pronouns show the relationship between a subject and the object. The demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those.
The pronoun this is a demonstrative pronoun, a word to show, to indicate, to point to. The pronoun this indicates near in distance or time in the singular form; for example:This is my bike, I don't know who owns that one.The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, those.
A demonstrative pronoun replaces a noun, while a demonstrative adjective modifies a noun. For example, in the sentence "This is my book," "this" is a demonstrative pronoun replacing the noun "book," and in the sentence "I want that book," "that" is a demonstrative adjective modifying the noun "book."
The demonstrative pronoun is these.A demonstrative pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun indicating near or far in place or time.The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, those.Note: The word 'which' is also a pronoun, an interrogative pronoun; a word that introduces a question.
There is no antecedent for the only pronoun in the sentence. The pronoun 'they' is usually a personal pronoun that takes the place of a plural noun or nouns or the names of two or more people or things. In the case of this sentence, the antecedent for 'they' may have been in a preceding sentence. A correct antecedent may have been the actors, the teachers, or possibly the deaf. Another correct antecedent may have been the names of characters in a play or a story.
The indefinite pronoun each is the antecedent for the pronouns his or her.If the sentence read, 'Each applicant must submit...', then each is used as an adjective to describe the noun 'applicant', which would then be the antecedent for 'his or her'.Both versions of the sentence and the antecedents would be correct.
demonstrative pronouns
Indicative pronouns such as "this," "that," "these," and "those" are used to point out or indicate specific people or things. They help to clarify or identify nouns in a sentence.
A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause, called a relative clause. A relative clause 'relates' information about it's antecedent.The relative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, which, that.Examples:The actor who played Hamlet was excellent.The man whose car I hit was very nice about it.The shoes that I bought were very expensive.The customer for whom I made that cake will pick it up at four.I found the book which is out of print at the book fair.
Demonstrative pronouns show the relationship between a subject and the object. The demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those.
The pronoun this is a demonstrative pronoun, a word to show, to indicate, to point to. The pronoun this indicates near in distance or time in the singular form; for example:This is my bike, I don't know who owns that one.The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, those.
The pronoun 'that' is a demonstrative pronoun; a word to indicate, to show, to point to. The pronoun 'that' is also a relative pronoun; a word that introduces a relative clause. Examples:Demonstrative pronoun: That is my favorite movie.Relative pronoun: This is the movie that I like.The word 'that' is also and adjective, an adverb, and a conjunction.
The subject is 'this' a demonstrative pronoun; pronouns that show, indicate, point to.
The correct sentence is:"When a driver wants to buy a new vehicle he or she usually test drives it."The singular personal pronoun "it" takes the place of the singular antecedent noun "vehicle".