⭐️The use of this/these and that/those for conveying attitude⭐️
📚This/these and that/those can be used to express contrasts in emotional distance and signal different attitudes. ⏩This/these convey a more positive and involved attitude whereas ⏩that/those suggest a more detached and possibly critical attitude:
🔻I love THESE new phones that you you take pictures with.
(can be said even if the speaker is nowhere near one of the phones referred to)
(can be said even if the speaker is nowhere near one of the phones referred to)
🔻I'm not going to wear this brown sweater any more. I hate THAT colour.
🔻When are you going to finish THAT thesis of yours?
🔻I hate THOSE big four-wheel-drive cars.
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