those
part of speech
determiner, pronoun (that, those)
meaning for a pupil
1) Those points to things or people farther away; it is the plural of «that». tree →
2) Those points back to things already talked about. tree →
3) «Those who» means the people who. tree →
sense in the lessons
refers back to things already told: «those apples», «of those»; in everyday talk, «those days», «one of those»; phrases «those who», «one of those»
examples
- And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand. (Torah NUM.25.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs and those great wonders; (Torah DEU.29.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- and his host, and those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred; (Torah NUM.2.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. (Prophets 2KI.20.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. (Prophets JOS.11.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks. (Writings DAN.10.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- He had 20 apples; 5 of those were red. tree →
- Those books cost 3 dollars each. tree →
- How many of those did she keep? tree →
- Those were all the marbles. tree →
- Look at those clouds over there! tree →
- Can you pass me those scissors? tree →
- Those who finish early can read. tree →
- In those days there were no phones. tree →
- Are those your shoes? tree →
- It was one of those days when everything went wrong. tree →
- Heaven helps those who help themselves. tree →
note
Refers to a group just named; «N of those» is a part of it. Trap: «of those» means a part, not a new group to add. Singular «that», plural «those»; near things are «this» and «these».
In the corpora
- And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Caanan.
- those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
- those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
- those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
- those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «those» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.