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“Nowadays” in reported speech — convert to “these days” or “those days”? [closed]
I can't convert a sentence that contains nowadays to reported speech. Some websites say that it should be turned into "these days", while others say it should be "those days". Which is the correct ...
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Difference between “this” and “that” [duplicate]
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“… things like this.” vs. “… things like that.”
I have two sentences for both this and that.
This is what bothers me: we have no time to ...
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“… things like this.” vs. “… things like that.”
Yesterday on talk radio an interviewee speaking about Sudanese Northerner's being forced into the mountains and away from their farmlands by the Sudanese Army said the result was:
The men would ...
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“This” vs “that” [duplicate]
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Using “that” and “this” interchangeably
I wanted to know the differences between this and that.
When do you use one or the other? For example:
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