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# those

«those» in Mova's school dictionary: **Those points to things or people farther away; it is the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#m1)

2) Those points back to things already talked about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#m2)

3) «Those who» means the people who. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#m3)

### 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

- He had 20 apples; 5 of those were red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x1)
- Those books cost 3 dollars each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x2)
- How many of those did she keep? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x3)
- Those were all the marbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x4)
- Look at those clouds over there! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x5)
- Can you pass me those scissors? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x6)
- Those who finish early can read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x7)
- In those days there were no phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x8)
- Are those your shoes? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x9)
- It was one of those days when everything went wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x10)
- Heaven helps those who help themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/#x11)

### 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

- [Immigration means people moving to live in another country; countries have rules about it, and people disagree about those rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/18/)
- [Those stories belong to the person, and only they should share them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/2/)
- [Bots tend to repeat the most common jokes, because those appeared most often in their training text.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/4-stories-jokes-and-riddles/6/)
- [Critics and review sites give scores, but those are opinions, and your own taste may differ.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/11/)
- [Then you spot black spiky caterpillars on those same nettles, the babies of peacock and red admiral butterflies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/340-weeds-and-wildflowers-dandelions-nettles-daisies-clover-and-plantain/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «those» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/those/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.