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I hope you don’t mindme mentioning it.

His parents disapproved ofhim smoking.

‘Me’ and ‘him’ are objects and cannot serve as adjectives.

Demonstrating with adjectives

Demonstrative adjectivesare the same words as demonstra-
tive pronouns but they are always usedbeforea noun, not
alone. They are:

this that these those

This book is very readable.

That pavilion has just been built.

These apples are very juicy.

Those flowers are beautiful.

‘This’ (singular) and ‘these’ (plural) are used for something
nearby. ‘That’ (singular) and ‘Those’ (plural) are used for
things at a distance.

Asking questions

Interrogative adjectives, which also precede a noun, are
used to ask questions and a question mark is placed at the
end.

Whose book is this?

Which coat do you prefer?

What town is this?

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