Demonstrative Adjectives and Demonstrative Pronouns

 Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives are used in order to describe or specify an object.

Examples of demonstrative adjectives are this, that, these and those. Their position and function in a sentence is what differentiates them from demonstrative pronouns

Eg: Can I take this bag to put in all my clothes?

Here, ‘this’ describes the bag.

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns, on the other hand, are used instead of a noun. It points out to the subject or object doing or receiving the action in the sentence

Examples of demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these and those.

Eg: You can take this to put in all your clothes.

Here, ‘this’ is the demonstrative pronoun that substitutes the noun ‘bag’.

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

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