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An English Grammar by J. W. (James Witt) Sewell;W. M. (William Malone) Baskervill
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(3) NUMERAL PRONOUNS, as _some_, _any_, _few_, _many_, _none_, _all_,
etc.


DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.

[Sidenote: _Definition and examples._]

133. A DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN is one that definitely points out what
persons or things are alluded to in the sentence.

The person or thing alluded to by the demonstrative may be in another
sentence, or may be the whole of a sentence. For example, "Be _that_
as it may" could refer to a sentiment in a sentence, or an argument in
a paragraph; but the demonstrative clearly points to that thing.

The following are examples of demonstratives:--

I did not say _this_ in so many words.

All _these_ he saw; but what he fain had seen He could not see.

Beyond _that_ I seek not to penetrate the veil.

How much we forgive in _those_ who yield us the rare spectacle of
heroic manners!

The correspondence of Bonaparte with his brother Joseph, when
_the latter_ was the King of Spain.

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