By Grammar, Demonstrative Adjectives

Clive wrote:in the following sentence "This man is very old" is "This" a demonstrative pronoun, an adjective and a determiner??? It's a demonstrative adjective, which means it is a determiner. It's not a pronoun, because it does not represent a noun, it cannot be replaced by a noun.Hi...

The following is from Mary Ansell's English Grammar: Explanations and Exercises. In your sentences, the numbers should precede the superlatives. Otherwise, one might get the feeling that there are several groups of 50 people each and you are selecting the most beautiful group. Usual Order...

Either is correct. In case you are referring to the advice not to use "that there" as seen in grammar books, be advised that this is not what the books are referring to. The "that there" which is not recommended by many such books is the one where "that" is a demonstrative adjective. Thus,...