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Demonstrative Pronouns

English Language & Usage Asked by user3305765 on June 23, 2021

I understand that a demonstrative pronoun is a word that replaces a noun as if pointing to it. For example, "I want to buy a car. This one is cheap. Those are expensive." This and those are demonstrative pronouns, they replace the noun car. But, if I say, "This car is expensive," what role does this play now? Is it still a demonstrative pronoun? Now the sentence has a noun and a pronoun? Or is ‘this’ now a different part of speech? Thanks for any clarification.

2 Answers

Well, I believe it's the same pronoun in both cases. Wether it's "this" or "this car".

They take the subject role in all your examples. In case of "this" we are just omitting the noun "car" to avoid duplicate words.

Answered by Ren on June 23, 2021

In "This car is expensive," this is a determiner acting as demonstrative adjective.

Answered by Greybeard on June 23, 2021

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