Referring to things or ideas. We normally use this, that, these and those as pronouns to refer to things or ideas: Put the butter, chocolate and sugar in a ...

That's right. This and that can refer to what somebody has said or what has happened. This could be several things or ideas. That's right.

Duration: 4:17
Posted: Jun 27, 2022

—often used informally to introduce a statement about something that makes a thing or situation better, worse, more important, etc.

This, That, These, Those are called demonstratives and they are used to show the relative distance between the speaker and the noun.

If you say that you are doing or talking about this and that, or this, that, and the other you mean that you are doing or talking about a variety of things ...

When do I use 'this'? The word 'this' is used with a singular noun when referring to an object that is close to the speaker. • This bus is parked very close to ...

Duration: 3:36
Posted: Sep 15, 2020

We can use this to refer back to whole clauses and sentences and to previous parts of a text. This highlights the information referred to much more strongly ...