Madhulk  +  487889 Wed, 12 Mar 08 10:25 AM  -Driver's license, credit cards. -It's all on Mr. Knight's orders. -These are good now.(I guess he means the license and the credit cards because there are only two people in this dialog.) You could have dated these ahead if you wanted me to stay here. What does the underlined part mean? And why does the person uses "these" two times. Can he not use "them" instead in order to aviod repetition? Madhulk Joined on Mon, Dec 17 2007 Bulgaria Senior Member 3,177 THE MAN OF STEEL Dates

	Mister Micawber  +  488163 Wed, 12 Mar 08 09:23 PM . -These are good now. -- these documents are valid now.  These is required here; them is an object pronoun.  You could have dated these ahead -- you could have placed the earliest valid date in the future.  Both these (as a pronomial) and them are possible here.  Writer's choice. but these is quite natural.  We don't consciously avoid repetition in speech. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,833 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Nouns, Dates, Pronouns