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On a commentcomment to one of my other questions on this site, a user said:

It’s much easier to answer questions like this when you specify where you've come across the word.

Is the use of the word this correct in such case?

I would be inclined to say “questions like these”, or if I wanted to use the singular form I would rephrase it as “a question like this”.

On a comment to one of my other questions on this site, a user said:

It’s much easier to answer questions like this when you specify where you've come across the word.

Is the use of the word this correct in such case?

I would be inclined to say “questions like these”, or if I wanted to use the singular form I would rephrase it as “a question like this”.

On a comment to one of my other questions on this site, a user said:

It’s much easier to answer questions like this when you specify where you've come across the word.

Is the use of the word this correct in such case?

I would be inclined to say “questions like these”, or if I wanted to use the singular form I would rephrase it as “a question like this”.

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On a comment to one of my other questions on this site, a user said:

It'sIt’s much easier to answer questions like this when you specify where you've come across the word.

Is the use of the word thisthis correct in such case?

I would be inclined to say "questions“questions like these"these, or if I wanted to use the singular form I would rephrase it as "a questiona question like this"this”.

On a comment to one of my other questions on this site, a user said:

It's much easier to answer questions like this when you specify where you've come across the word.

Is the use of this correct in such case?

I would be inclined to say "questions like these", or if I wanted to use the singular form I would rephrase it as "a question like this".

On a comment to one of my other questions on this site, a user said:

It’s much easier to answer questions like this when you specify where you've come across the word.

Is the use of the word this correct in such case?

I would be inclined to say “questions like these, or if I wanted to use the singular form I would rephrase it as a question like this”.

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Questions "Questions like thisthis" or questions"questions like these?these"

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