Demonstrative Determiners. The demonstrative determiners (called "demonstrative adjectives" in traditional grammar) are this, that, these, and those. A demonstrative determiner makes a noun (or a pronoun) more specific by relating it to something previously mentioned or something being demonstrated.
That man's silence is wonderful to listen to. (Novelist Thomas Hardy)
Maybe this world is another planet's hell. (Writer Aldous Huxley)
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Articles. The articles are the words a, an, and the. They are used to define whether something is specific or unspecific.
The poets are only the interpreters of the gods. (Philosopher Socrates)
I'm an optimist – but an optimist who carries a raincoat. (Prime Minister Harold Wilson)
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