In Definite articles^x, Pronouns^x

Actually, Demi, mine is more 'bookish' (formal) than your version, which is more common in conversation and informal writing. 'There' and 'it' as preparatory subjects do just that: prepare the listener, attracting his/her attention to the rest of the utterance, just as we often say 'hey!' to...

Hi CalifJim, Here's what GuruNet has to say. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USAGE NOTE This and that are both used as demonstrative pronouns to refer to a thought expressed earlier: The letter was unopened; that (or this) in itself casts doubt on the inspector's theory. That is sometimes viewed as...

I hope the descriptions below are what you need. You can find all these in a dictionary. They = Pronoun made = verb- past simple their = possesive adjective way = noun slowly = adverb across = adverb the = definite article deserted = adjective square = noun