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hemant.rao110
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 Post Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:36 am 
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in manhattan strategy guide 4th edition, sentence correction , pronouns , it is writen that

do not use this or these in place of nouns. Also do not use that and those in place of nouns. use it, they, them.

can explain more clearly
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jnelson0612
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 Post Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:24 pm 
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hemant, give us more of an idea of what is confusing you about this information.

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hemant.rao110
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 Post Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:39 pm 
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there is only one example on this can u give some more examples regarding this...........
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jnelson0612
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 Post Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:32 am 
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hemant.rao110 wrote:
in manhattan strategy guide 4th edition, sentence correction , pronouns , it is writen that

do not use this or these in place of nouns. Also do not use that and those in place of nouns. use it, they, them.

can explain more clearly


Here are some example sentences:

My car is old and it will stop running soon.
*rather than*
My car is old and that will stop running soon.
My car is old and this will stop running soon.

The basketballs have deflated and they need air.
*rather than*
The basketballs have deflated and those need air.
The basketballs have deflated and these need air.

Does this help?

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hemant.rao110
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 Post Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:49 pm 
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yeah , thanks jnelson
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jnelson0612
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 Post Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:11 pm 
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You are welcome!

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viv09
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 Post Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:38 pm 
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In the example in the book, if we use "that" would it be incorrect?

Her products are unusual;many consider THAT unique.
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jnelson0612
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 Post Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:38 am 
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viv09 wrote:
In the example in the book, if we use "that" would it be incorrect?

Her products are unusual;many consider THAT unique.


"That" would not be correct because the pronoun needs to refer back to "products", and thus we need a plural pronoun. "Them" would be an appropriate pronoun in this sentence.

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sahu.gmat
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 Post Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:22 am 
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Her products are unusual;many consider those unique.

Is this wrong or as those is referring to the same set of her product(and not a new copy), we should not use those.
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jnelson0612
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 Post Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:53 am 
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sahu.gmat wrote:
Her products are unusual;many consider those unique.

Is this wrong or as those is referring to the same set of her product(and not a new copy), we should not use those.
Thanks
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Mihir


Actually, the correct pronoun here would be "them" rather than "those".

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