Schaum's Outline of English Grammar by Eugene Ehrlich

Author:Eugene Ehrlich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2011-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns replace nouns and function in the same manner as nouns in a sentence.

The principal demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, and those. (See demonstrative adjectives, page 103.) This and that are singular. These and those are plural.

Demonstrative pronouns have no gender, but they do have case.

The following sentences illustrate the uses of the demonstrative pronouns in all their cases:

Subjective Case

This is more than I can possibly eat in one sitting.

That remains my last obstacle to success in college.

These are my only objections to the entire plan.

Those were the bequests that caused so much family wrangling.

Possessive Case

The principal advantages of this are economy, beauty, and strength.

Of these, only a few are worthy of full consideration.

Of those, none is worthy of serious comment.

Objective Case

We agreed to give this our full attention.

They decided against that at least ten years ago.

The harsh weather killed these last month.

Choose among those and let me know your decisions as soon as possible.

Other demonstrative pronouns commonly encountered are former, latter, other, such, so, same, and the ordinal numbers: first, second, third, etc.

The following sentences illustrate the use of these demonstrative pronouns:

The former, not the latter, was the one I intended to bid on.

Such is not the case, despite what you think she said.

He told her so.

Now give me the other.

Enclosed find payment for same. (Old-fashioned business correspondence usage.)

The first was my choice, even though the fourth and sixth also caught my eye.

4. In the following sentences, supply the missing demonstrative pronouns as shown in these examples:

suits me better than the previous choice.

The latter suits me better than the .

1. Indeed, if it were not ___________, I surely would have told you by now.

2. I sewed a few of ___________ before I went on to a second batch.

3. Let ___________ stand as my best effort.

4. He decided to sell me ___________ instead of these.

5. Picture ___________ hanging in your living room.

6. When you consider famous thoroughbreds of all time, it is doubtful that Secretariat would be the ___________ that comes to mind.

7. We ate a little of ___________ and a little of ___________.

8. We ate a few of ___________ and a few of ___________.

9. When conditions are ___________ that airlines close down flights to our city, we no longer can expect to have full employment.

10. ___________ who are willing to stand for office must be willing to debate campaign issues on television.

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