On 18 Jun, 15:01, Gourbi <Gourb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi everybody!
>
> I am new here, and I probably ask a question which has already been
> answered in this newsgroup. Sorry for that.
>
> My question is: could someone give me some references/links where to
> find more information about the use of "them" for "these/those" (is it
> something specifically used in the USA?) and especially the origin of
> it? I am aware that it belongs to the nonstandard speech, though.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Gourbi
Hi Gourbi!
I was hoping someone else will answer your question in a more
authentic way. Since there doesn't seem to have been a response let me
risk putting forward the following dialogue from the movie "My fair
lady". In the scene where Eiza Dolittle gets mad at Professor Higgins
she says "..and you can look for someone else to fetch you them
slippers every morning!" and Professor Higgins responds, " those
slippers..!" (And mind you, Eliza is not an American)
If you want further clarification please give me a specific situation
in which you have to decide whether it is more appropriate to use
"them" or "those".
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