Unlike the singular and plural forms the dual is by a change of the second last letter | |
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MI ND : All demonstrative pronouns are definite, there are no indefinite demonstrative pronouns | In English they are called demonstrative pronouns, because they are used to demonstrate or show something |
As nouns they have the basic four properties of nouns :• Compare contrast this with examples 1 and 10 | distance as opposed to "this" i |
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The other simple demonstrative pronouns are given in the table above | They are used when referring to or pointing to something |
Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to things that are either close proximate or far distant , the distance may be literal or figurative.
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