This, That, These, Those, and Next!
This, that, these, those,
and next can all represent a person, people, thing(s), or ideas for the present
or near a place in time, thought, or action. People don’t have a problem with
most demonstrative pronouns.
For example:
This book is paranormal.
That book is historical
fiction.
Those books are young
adult.
These books are
contemporary.
However, I’m not really
sure why people get them confused when referring to present, time, action, etc.
If you look at the words as describing distance, perhaps it may help.
This person, someone near
you.
That person, someone who
is a distance from you.
These children, a group
near you.
Those children, a group a
distance from you.
“This car is mine.” This
would pertain to the car nearest to the speaker.
“That car is mine.” Referring
to the car in the distance of the speaker. As in, “Over there, that is my car.
Not this one.”
“This box is mine.”
(nearby)
“That box is my husband’s.”
Referring to something nearby that isn’t mine.
“These are mine.” (nearby)
“Those boxes belong to
another author.” Boxes in the distance, away from the speaker.
It can get confusing if
not spoken correctly. People understand distinction, and when it’s not forthcoming,
confusion sets in. This, that, and next referring to time can throw some people
through a loop as well.
This week, next week,
this Saturday, and next Saturday. It doesn’t help when one person considers
Sunday the beginning of the week and one person considers Monday the beginning
of the week. But, we’ll not go into that right now.
To avoid confusion, we’ll
go with Monday as the beginning of the week.
On Tuesday morning (the
17th), your boss says the package will arrive next Thursday. You’re
thinking it’s arriving on Thursday, the 19th. Thursday comes along
and no package arrives. You do what you’re supposed to do. Find out why it
didn’t arrive, right?
Except, he said it would
arrive next Thursday, meaning the 26th. If he’d said this Thursday,
it would’ve been arriving on the 19th.
This being closer in
time, and next being farther away.
Another example: It’s
Thursday, and you’re told the package will arrive next week.
Easy! Even if Saturday or
Sunday is the last day of the week for you, next week is definitely any time
after the last day of the week. Why? Because this week is the present. The week
in which you’re presently working.
Therefore, next week,
when the work week begins will be on Monday. The following week (next) of your
present day/week.
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I'm an award-winning, Wall Street Journal, Amazon and Barnes and Noble bestselling author. I've been a published author since 1972. Yup, you read that right. My 10th grade high school teacher entered my sci-fi short story in the Science Fiction Reader's Digest Contest and I took first place. I continued to write and publish short stories for several years after that.
A short break--which felt like forever--in 1996 I finished my first novel. I was picked up by a publisher two years later and I haven't stopped since.
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