What is the difference between them and those?
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As pronouns the difference between them and those
is that them is Objective case of they: third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.those is plural of lang=en.As determiners the difference between them and those
is that them is those while those is plural of lang=en.them
English
(wikipedia them)Pronoun
- Give it to them . (after preposition)
- She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
- She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
- If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them . (after preposition)
- If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
- If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them . (direct object)
- If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Usage notes
* Regarding the use of singular them , see they .See also
(English personal pronouns)Determiner
(en determiner)- " Them two wild horses ain't fit to ride, and I been wonderin' how I was goin' to get you out of this place before them Spanish maybe circle back and finish the job."
- Them kids need to grow up.
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English
Determiner
(en determiner)- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts.}}