Look at all these monies11/30/2022 ![]() ![]() "the pictures below" or "the verbs given in parentheses". And it saves a bit of space compared to always writing out e.g. #LOOK AT ALL THESE MONIES FULL#That makes sense in the context of a book full of exercises, each of which always has some instruction text that refers to things shown below it, as the reader is expected to become familiar with the format and to know where to look for those things. However, I also suspect that all the exercise instructions in your book are written in a style that consistently uses "the" to refer to elements of the exercise (as in "the pictures" and "the verbs"). In fact, based on your quote alone, I might personally find "these" slightly more natural here, since the pictures have not been introduced before. In the exercise text you've quoted, either "the" or "these" would work. Writing "look at the pictures" assumes that the reader has already seen the pictures and already knows exactly which pictures the writer must be referring to. Writing "look at these pictures" suggests that the reader does not necessarily know which pictures to look at, or perhaps hasn't even noticed the pictures yet. There is almost no difference in meaning between sentences 3 and 4, but there is a very slight difference in emphasis and connotation: In your example there are multiple pictures, so options 1 and 2 do not apply, but either 3 or 4 can be used. So all of the following are valid English sentences: It sounds like you're thinking of "these" as the plural counterpart of "the". It's used because we use it, not for any other real reason. That said, "Please look at the pictures" is more common- mostly out of habit. As you can see, "the pictures" refers to the relevant pictures, which are also happen to be the closest pictures to the words, and we are excluding any other pictures. ![]() In this specific situation with the pictures in the book, either word works just fine, and there is basically no distinction between the choice other than personal preference and habit of use. "I brought these computers." - I only brought these computers, not those computers."Please water these flowers." - Please give water to the flowers that are in front of me right now (on my desk)."These people are here." - The people in front of me right now are the people who are here."These plural noun " emphasizes that you are talking about the ones which are located here, in close proximity, or are clearly indicated right now, and not about any others. ![]() "I brought the computers." - I brought the computers you asked for earlier."Please water the flowers." - Please give water to the flowers in our garden."The people are here." - The people we talked about earlier have arrived, and are just outside the door."The plural noun " indicates you are talking about a (singular) group of items (plural) that are known to be the subject of conversation. Either the or these is fine, though the meaning is subtly different. ![]()
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