this
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
How often you will meet it
Rank 30 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 960,447 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.457% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
determiner
- used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
pronoun
- the person or thing near the speaker, or just mentioned
this in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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All this the dreamy stranger had taught him, and much more.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Music is provided for a few of the songs in this book.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Whether this implied that he had been disappointed in his wife, nobody could tell.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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This boy went into his tiny bedroom and threw himself down with his face in his pillow and lay still.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1