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Demonstrative -Def - Pronouns - Parts Of Speech-ESL/Learn English Grammar

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DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS


[Sidenote: _Definition and examples._]


133. A DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN is one that definitely points out what

persons or things are alluded to in the sentence.


The person or thing alluded to by the demonstrative may be in another

sentence, or may be the whole of a sentence. For example, "Be _that_

as it may" could refer to a sentiment in a sentence, or an argument in

a paragraph; but the demonstrative clearly points to that thing.


The following are examples of demonstratives:--


I did not say _this_ in so many words.


All _these_ he saw; but what he fain had seen He could not see.


Beyond _that_ I seek not to penetrate the veil.


How much we forgive in _those_ who yield us the rare spectacle of

heroic manners!


The correspondence of Bonaparte with his brother Joseph, when

_the latter_ was the King of Spain.


_Such_ are a few isolated instances, accidentally preserved.


Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,

reap _the same_.


They know that patriotism has its glorious opportunities and its

sacred duties. They have not shunned _the one_, and they have

well performed _the other_.


NOTE.--It will be noticed in the first four sentences that _this_ and

_that_ are inflected for number.




Exercises


(_a_) Find six sentences using demonstrative adjective pronouns.


(_b_) In which of the following is _these_ a pronoun?--


1. Formerly the duty of a librarian was to keep people as much as

possible from the books, and to hand _these_ over to his

successor as little worn as he could.--LOWELL.


2. They had fewer books, but _these_ were of the best.--_Id._


3. A man inspires affection and honor, because he was not lying

in wait for _these_.--EMERSON


4. Souls such as _these_ treat you as gods would.--_Id._


5. _These_ are the first mountains that broke the uniform level

of the earth's surface.--AGASSIZ








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