When to Use Them vs those?

‘Them’ is an object pronoun: ‘I ate them. ‘ Its subject equivalent is ‘they’: ‘They ate them. ‘ Neither can be an adjective. ‘Those is a demonstrative pronoun or adjective: ‘Those peanuts are mine’, ‘Those are mine’, ‘Give me those peanuts’, ‘Give me those’.

Do you say those or them?

We use this, that, these and those to point to people and things. This and that are singular. These and those are plural. We use them as determiners and pronouns.

Can I use them instead of those?

“Them” is sometimes used in place of “those” as a demonstrative in both nominative and oblique constructions. Examples are “Them are the pants I want” and “Give me some of them crackers.”

What is meaning of those days?

Definition of those days : a period of time in the past Remember when we were kids and life was easy? Well, those days are gone.

Where can we use them?

language note: Them is a third person pronoun. Them is used as the object of a verb or preposition. You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things. The Beatles–I never get tired of listening to them.

What is the sentence of politely?

Examples of politely. They just looked at him and politely asked how he was doing. They gave her their hearty thanks and politely invited her to go home. Of course, they were sensible people and politely declined.

What does it’s one of those days mean?

Definition of (just) one of those days : a day in which many bad or unpleasant things happen I missed the bus and it splashed mud all over me; it’s just one of those days. It was one of those days when nothing was going right.

Is it ‘them days’ or ‘those days’?

‘Those days’ is correct. ‘Them days’ is a colloquial usage and isn’t used in formal language. Thanks for the A2A, Simrah. Those days is correct, them days is not. In the term those days, those serves as an adjective qualifying the noun days.

What does ‘back in those days’ mean?

‘Those days’ can refer to some period in the past. “Back in those days, youngsters knew how to have fun.” “We used to learn English using textbooks back in those days.”

How do you use these days in a sentence?

“These days,” because days is plural. ‘’These rules are simple.’’ “This day (no s) is memorable’ because day is singular. So these days means the current expanse off time. You could say, “Children are so clever these days,” indicating an era, or “I’ve set these days apart to spend with my mother,” indicating a short expanse of time.

Is it correct to say “them”?

THEM is correct because it is a pronoun acting as the direct object. Once again, we see that this commonly seen and heard mistake is very easy to correct! Just think about it and practice saying and writing it correctly.