| Hopkins, Edwin A | Compare contrast this with examples 1 and 10 |
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| 5 1 : 15—27 | In English they are called demonstrative pronouns, because they are used to demonstrate or show something |
I am this! They are made from smaller words by the addition of other particles.
| Vancouver: UBC Press | proximity or closeness• Unlike the singular and plural forms the dual is by a change of the second last letter |
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| distance as opposed to "this" i | The translation would be "like this" or "thus" |
Compare this example with example 1 which was a phrase and not a complete sentence.
1| Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar | They are used when referring to or pointing to something |
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| Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to things that are either close proximate or far distant , the distance may be literal or figurative | Spring 1972 |