Timeline for Themselves / Them / The movies
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| Mar 12, 2015 at 11:11 | comment | added | Maulik V | then, I need to learn this. Putting a question! | |
| Mar 12, 2015 at 10:46 | comment | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | @MaulikV No, but it means something different:-) If you use those you sound like you're contrasting with something else. For example, that you did like something else he gave you. Those is deictic. :) | |
| Mar 12, 2015 at 5:36 | comment | added | Maulik V | @DamkerngT. thanks for your kind advice and believing on my skills. If I remember, I have even answered many questions on using pronouns for animate/inanimate things. I had GrammarGirl's references for that I guess. My sole purpose was to tell that if the option is available, I'd go for 'those' over 'them' for inanimate objects. And that's it! That said, you gave me chocolates and I did not like those. I'll not prefer an objective case of 'they'. | |
| Mar 12, 2015 at 5:29 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | @MaulikV The choice between them and those is not about whether the things you're referring to are living things or not (i.e. animacy). Considering your English skills, I believe that you already know it, at least unconsciously. If that doesn't ring any bells, you can try searching for the difference between anaphora and deixis. You could also ask it as a question on ELL. It could be an interesting question. | |
| Mar 12, 2015 at 5:15 | comment | added | Maulik V | You mean He gave me some chocolates, but I didn't like those is incorrect? | |
| Mar 10, 2015 at 14:09 | history | edited | Araucaria - Not here any more. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 10, 2015 at 13:59 | history | answered | Araucaria - Not here any more. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |