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This , that , these , those

This, that, these and those are demonstratives . We use this, that, these and those to point to people and things. This and that are singular. These and those are plural. We use them as determiners and pronouns.

This , that , these , those as determiners

Pointing to things.

We use this and that with singular and uncountable nouns:

Try to repeat this exercise every morning and evening. ( this + singular countable noun)

What does this music make you think of? ( this + singular uncountable noun)

I’ve never been to that part of France. ( that + singular countable noun)

Can I have some of that juice, please? ( that + singular uncountable noun)

We use these and those with plural nouns:

You can use any one of these computers. ( these + plural noun)

I need to paint those windows. ( those + plural noun)

Time phrases

We often use this with words describing time and dates like morning, afternoon, evening, week, month, year to refer to ‘the one that’s coming’ or ‘the one we’re currently in’:

I’ll be with you some time this evening .

Johan seemed very happy this afternoon .

Ian is in Germany all this week .

This , that , these , those as pronouns

Referring to things or ideas.

We normally use this, that, these and those as pronouns to refer to things or ideas:

Put the butter, chocolate and sugar in a saucepan. Heat this over a low flame until it melts.

We’re going to eat first and then go to the film. Are you happy with that ? (Are you happy with the idea of eating first, then going to the film?)

[talking about the TV]

Can you turn that off if you’re not watching it?

[talking about shoes]

What colour are those ? Black or dark blue. I can’t see.

Referring to people

We can use this and that as pronouns to refer to people when we want to identify ourselves or others, or to ask the identity of other speakers:

Linda, this is my mother, Anne.

Is that your brother over there?

We often do this in telephone calls and in answer-phone messages:

Hello, is that Ken Orm? This is Jane Bromham here.

This and these , that and those : uses

Physical closeness and distance.

We use this and these most commonly to point to things and people that are close to the speaker or writer, or things that are happening now:

Shall I use this knife here?

[pointing to something]

Is this what you mean?

I’ll post these letters on my way home.

[pointing to a pile of books]

Do these belong to the Bradshaws?

We use that and those most commonly to point to things and people which are not easy to identify in a situation. They are often more distant from the speaker, and sometimes closer to the listener:

What’s in that bottle over there?

Could you blow out those candles near you?

Sometimes they are not visible to either the speaker or listener:

Budapest! That ’s my favourite place!

Emotional distance

We sometimes use this, these, that, those to identify emotional distance. We use this and these to refer to things that we feel positive about, that we are happy to be associated with, or we approve of:

I love these new woollen mobile phone covers that you can get.

We use that and those to create distance:

What are you going to say to that sister of yours?

[talking about a restaurant]

I didn’t like the decoration. It had those awful paintings.

Shared knowledge and new information

We sometimes use that instead of the to refer the listener to shared knowledge, often when we are telling a story or explaining something:

You know that old shop on the corner? Well, they’re going to turn it into a restaurant.

We sometimes use this instead of a/an to refer to something important or recent, or to introduce a new person or thing in a story:

This guy knocked on the door and asked if I wanted new windows.

Then suddenly she pulled out this big pile of papers from her briefcase and threw them on the table.

It , this and that in paragraphs

Determiners ( the, my , some , this )

Substitution with that, those

In formal contexts, we can use that and those as substitutes meaning ‘the one(s)’:

The most important information is that given at the beginning of the manual. ( that substitutes for the information )

The methods employed are those familiar to researchers. (more formal than The methods employed are the ones familiar to researchers .)

In formal contexts, especially in academic style, we use that of/those of instead of the one of/the ones of or the … one/the … ones . This is preferred to the possessive X ’s one/X’s ones :

The proton has a similar mass to that of a neutron. (preferred to The proton has a similar mass to the neutron’s .)

The emotions in the poems are those of loss and grief.

Not: The emotions in the poem are loss and grief ones .

We normally only use that as a substitute for a thing, not for a person or animal:

A: Have you met Mr Kelly? B: The one who works at the town hall, or his brother? A: The one at the town hall .

Not: That who works at the town hall .

We can use those as a substitute for persons, animals or things:

There are sports facilities for guests. Those interested in golf can enjoy our eighteen-hole course.

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This article was co-authored by Megan Morgan, PhD . Megan Morgan is a Graduate Program Academic Advisor in the School of Public & International Affairs at the University of Georgia. She earned her PhD in English from the University of Georgia in 2015. There are 7 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been fact-checked, ensuring the accuracy of any cited facts and confirming the authority of its sources. This article has been viewed 666,164 times.

These and those are both pronouns, words that substitute for other nouns in a sentence. Knowing when to use each pronoun can be tricky, however. If you're confused about when to use these and those , read on to find out the difference between them.

Understanding Pronouns

• These and those are plural pronouns: they refer to or replace plural nouns.

• American English considers collective nouns, or nouns that refer to a large group of things that cannot be counted individually (such as milk or data ), as singular nouns. Use this or that rather that these or those for collective nouns. For example: " This milk has spilled all over the floor!"
• British English differs from American English in using collective nouns. British English refers to some collective nouns such as crowd or data as plural, so it is appropriate to use these or those in British English. For example: " These data don't match the graphs you gave me."

• Singular: This book (a single book) on the shelf next to me belongs to Rajeev.
• Plural: These books (several books) on the shelf next to me belong to Rajeev. [Note that the verb belong has also been made to agree in number.]
• Singular: Look at this bracelet (a single bracelet) on my wrist!
• Plural: Look at these bracelets (many bracelets) on my wrist!
• Singular: Who put this cupcake (a single cupcake) in the refrigerator?
• Plural: Who put these cupcakes (some cupcakes) in the refrigerator?

• Singular: That mountain (a mountain) looks really small from here.
• Plural: Those mountains (several mountains) look really small from here. [Note that the verb look has also been made to agree in number.]
• Singular: Could you hand me that box (a box) on the other side of the room?
• Plural: Could you hand me those boxes (a few boxes) on the other side of the room?
• Singular: Why hasn't that scientist (a scientist) at NASA found extraterrestrial life?
• Plural: Why haven't those scientists (many scientists) at NASA found extraterrestrial life? [Note that the verb have has also been made to agree in number.]

Using These Correctly

• I'm holding three chocolate bars. Do you want all of these ? ( These replaces chocolate bars .)
• Would you like to borrow some books? Here, take these . ( These replaces books .)
• These are so beautiful! Thank you for the flowers. ( These replaces flowers .)

• These books on the shelf belong to Rajeev. [The books are near the speaker.]
• Look at all these bracelets on my wrist! [The bracelets are on the speaker's wrist, so they're nearby.]
• Who put these cupcakes in the refrigerator? [Presumably, the speaker is close to the cupcakes.]

• These shows I've been watching are absolutely extraordinary. [The shows have been watched in the recent past.]
• Have you seen these letters to the editor in today's news? [The letters have been published in today's newspaper.]
• Why don't you take these books with you when you go? [The books will be taken by the other person in the near future.]

• For example: " These are my classmates, Sean and Adrienne."
• However, in English we do not use these to refer directly to people: " These are Sean and Adrienne" is incorrect. Instead, you would say " This is Sean and this is Adrienne."
• If introducing yourself, as when answering the phone, use this : "Hello, this is Chang."

Using Those Correctly

• That man over there is holding three chocolate bars. Do you want all of those ? ( Those replaces chocolate bars .)
• Would you like to borrow some books ? Take those over there on the shelf. ( Those replaces books .)
• Those were so beautiful! Thank you for the flowers you gave me yesterday. ( Those replaces flowers .)

• Those mountains look really small from here. [The mountains are far away from the speaker.]
• Could you hand me those boxes on the other side of the room? [The boxes are on the other side of the room.]
• Why haven't those scientists at NASA found extraterrestrial life? [The speaker may be emphasizing that they don't feel connected to the NASA scientists.]

• Those shows I watched last week were absolutely extraordinary. [The shows were watched some time ago.]
• Did you see those letters to the editor in yesterday's news? [The letters were published in the past.]
• Why do all those politicians fight so much? [The speaker may be emphasizing a feeling of personal distance from the politicians.]

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• ↑ https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/pronouns/index.html
• ↑ https://www.niu.edu/writingtutorial/grammar/pronoun-agreement.shtml
• ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/this-that-these-those
• ↑ https://www.grammar.cl/Notes/This_That_These_Those.htm
• ↑ http://www.theenglishspace.com/grammar/demonstratives.html
• ↑ https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/english-grammar-reference/demonstratives
• ↑ http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/noncountnoun.htm

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This or These Information? Which is correct?

When deciding on which demonstrative to use in front of the word ‘information’ you would choose to use ‘this’ instead of ‘these’. This is because the word ‘these’ is reserved for plural nouns while ‘this’ is used in front of singular nouns. 

The English language can be somewhat tricky at times. Continue reading further to learn more about the words ‘this’ and ‘these’, and examples of how to use each.

This and These

Both of the words ‘this’ and ‘these’ are both pronouns. Pronouns are words used in place of other nouns. She, he, it, this, and these are all examples of pronouns. The specific pronouns ‘this’ and ‘these’ both refer to nouns that are similar in space and time.

This and that are also demonstrative words. Demonstratives are words that we use in sentences to indicate nouns. They draw attention to other nouns that are close or far in time and place. Demonstratives distinguish between a car and this car. These, those, that, and this are the four most prevalent demonstratives in the English language.

The pronoun ‘this’ is a singular noun that is close in time or space. This is also used for uncountable nouns that are singular. When using the word ‘this’ in a sentence it must be followed by a singular noun. Some examples of sentences that use the word ‘this’ are

• This dog needs to be washed because it smells.
• I didn’t know that you needed this one.
• We were told that this river had flooded recently.
• My sister made pancakes this morning.
• Our new year’s resolution this year is to visit every park in the city.

The word ‘these’ is another demonstrative but it is used as a pronoun for plural nouns. Without a plural noun after this word, the sentence cannot be grammatically correct according to the English language. Some examples of using the pronoun ‘these’ are

• I didn’t know these flowers bloomed in the fall.
• These cars do not get good gas mileage.
• Do you know if these are the correct glasses?
• Where should I put these shoes?
• I think this shirt is too large for me.

This Information or These Information

Because the word information is singular(and uncountable), you will use the pronoun ‘this’ in front of it. Keep in mind that the word ‘information’ will almost always be singular and therefore this rule will not change.

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It's a few weeks before Christmas and Sophie is working in India. She's doing her Christmas shopping in a local market.

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As you watch the video, look at the examples of this, that, these and those . They are in red in the subtitles. Then read the conversation below to learn more. Finally, do the grammar exercises to check you understand, and can use, this , that , these and those correctly.

Sophie: Darling, hi, it’s me.

Daisy: Hi, Mum.

Sophie: Listen, I’m in a bit of a hurry, but can you help me for a minute?

Daisy: Ummm ... yeah.

Sophie: Well, I’m doing a bit of Christmas shopping and I want your advice. Look. I’m here in the market. Wait a second, I’ll put my video on, OK? Listen, what do you think about these for your Uncle Bob?

Daisy: Mmm ... I’ve never seen Uncle Bob in trousers like those, but they are great! Maybe he needs a bit of colour in his life?!

Sophie: I’m not sure ... but maybe you’re right. I mean, they’re pure silk. OK, so you think they’re perfect for Bob?

Daisy: Well, I didn’t say ‘perfect’ exactly, but I’m sure he’ll like them. Wow, that market looks amazing. Lovely and colourful.

Sophie: It’s beautiful, Daisy. I’ll bring you next time for sure.

Daisy: You always say that, Mum!

Sophie: I know, love, but you have school and this is work you know!

Daisy: Yeah, I know. It’s all work, work, work.

Sophie: Daisy, one more question - what about this shirt for Oliver?

Daisy: For Ollie? Yeah, Mum, he’ll love it. No, hold on, what about that one over there, behind you? The one with the flowers on.

Sophie: This one? Really? Do you think it’s Ollie’s style? It’s a bit loud, isn’t it? He usually likes darker colours ... and I’m not sure about the flowers.

Daisy: Oh, he’ll love it, Mum. At least he won’t get lost on a dark night!

Sophie: Yeah, maybe ... he has got some brighter coloured clothes recently. OK then, I’ll get these for Uncle Bob and this shirt for Oliver and you’re getting a surprise!

Daisy: Perfect, Mum! When are you arriving home?

Sophie: I’ll be there on Monday, OK? See you then, love.

Daisy: All right, Mum, see you soon. Take care.

Oliver: Was that Mum?

Sophie: Yeah.

Oliver: Any news?

Sophie: No, she was in a market, doing some Christmas shopping.

Oliver: Oh no! It’s going to be one of those years of ‘exotic’ presents, isn’t it?

Sophie: I’m afraid so! It’s going to be another weird Christmas Day! Do you remember that year when she’d just come back from Peru?

Oliver: Oh no!

We use this/that/these/those to explain what we are talking about. We sometimes use them with nouns and we sometimes use them on their own.

We use this (singular) and these (plural) to talk about things close to us, and that (singular) and those (plural) to talk about things at some distance away from us.

What about this shirt for Oliver? No, hold on, what about that one over there?

So this is the idea of here and that is the idea of there ?

Yes, exactly.

Wow, that market looks amazing. (= there . I'm not in the market, it's at some distance away from me) This market is amazing. (= here . I'm in the market)

What about time? How does time affect this or that ?

A good question. We use that to show distance in time as well as distance in space.

This is a good film. (we're watching it now) That was a good film. (we saw it at some time in the past)

Are this/these and that/those always used with nouns?

No, we can use them as pronouns , without nouns, when it's obvious what they refer to.

What do you think about these for your Uncle Bob? (pointing to trousers) I've never seen Uncle Bob in trousers like those . (those trousers, but we don't need to repeat trousers) Who was that ?

So they are useful words in shops or cafes. If you don't know the word for something, you can just say, 'Can I see that ?' or 'I'd like those , please' and point.

Yes, they're very useful words!

I think I've heard this and that refer to more general things too, not just specific things.

That's right. This and that can refer to what somebody has said or what has happened. This could be several things or ideas.

That 's right. (everything you said) This is work you know! (all the things I'm doing) That was a great concert! (something that has just happened)

What about phone language? How do people use this and that ?

When you explain who is talking you say, 'Hi, this is Dan.' And to check who is speaking, you can say, 'Is that Jenny?'

Can I say 'This is me'?

No. If you're phoning someone you know very well, you'd say ' It's me.'

What about introducing people to each other? Do I use this or that ?

When you're introducing one person to another person, you say, 'Juliette, this is Marc'.

OK, thanks. That 's all for now!

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Pokazujecie czasem coś paluchem? No przyznajcie się, przecież każdemu się zdarza. W takich sytuacjach pomocne są zaimki i przymiotniki wskazujące. To , tamto , te , tamte , ci , tamci ... Melodyjnie się zrobiło. :)

W dalszej części artykułu będzie bardziej szczegółowa analiza, a na początek kilka słów wprowadzenia. Przede wszystkim trzeba zapamiętać, że w języku angielskim mamy do dyspozycji cztery wyrazy wskazujące.

Dwóch używamy dla liczby pojedynczej:

i dwóch dla liczby mnogiej:

Można też podzielić je w inny sposób. Dwa dla czegoś co bliskie :

i dwa dla czegoś, co jest w oddaleniu od nas:

Zawracanie sobie głowy nazewnictwem nie jest konieczne, jednak dla dociekliwych wyjaśniamy pokrótce podział na zaimki i przymiotniki wskazujące. Mimo że ten dział poświęcony jest zaimkom, zebraliśmy tutaj także informacje o przymiotnikach wskazujących — dla pełnego obrazu.

przymiotniki wskazujące this, that, these, those

Przymiotników wskazujących używamy z rzeczownikami, np:

zaimki wskazujące this, that, these, those

Zaimki wskazujące zastępują rzeczowniki, czyli bezpośrednio po nich nie użyjemy już rzeczownika. Przydadzą się, gdy np. nie wiemy, jak coś nazwać i ogólne „ to ” załatwia sprawę. Wskazujemy kogoś lub coś (w liczbie pojedynczej lub mnogiej) i mówimy:

kiedy używać this i these

Przyjrzyjmy się teraz bliżej kontekstom, w których używamy zaimków i przymiotników wskazujących this i these .

• this i these dla bliskości fizycznej

Mówiąc o bliskości, mamy na myśli bliskość fizyczną, czyli np. gdy trzymamy coś w ręku albo znajduje się blisko nas:

• this i these dla bliskości w czasie

This i these przydadzą się zatem, gdy chcemy kogoś przedstawić. W takich sytuacjach osoby przedstawiane znajdują się przecież tuż obok nas, prawda?

Nic dziwnego zatem, że this użyjemy także, gdy przedstawiamy się przez telefon — przedstawiamy w końcu kogoś, kto jest najbliżej nas, czyli siebie samego. ;)

W związku z zasadą bliskości, this będzie odpowiednim słowem w odniesieniu do miejsc, w których akurat przebywamy:

This używa się czasem w narracji zamiast a/an , np. dla przyciągnięcia zainteresowania i zasygnalizowania, że za chwilę powiemy na ten temat coś więcej:

Warto zapamiętać kilka stałych zwrotów, w których pojawia się this , np:

kiedy używać that i those

Pozostały nam do omówienia that i those .

• that i those dla oddalenia fizycznego

Gdy będzie mowa o czymś lub kimś oddalonym od nas fizycznie, odpowiednie będą that i those :

• that i those dla oddalenia w czasie

That i those użyjemy w odniesieniu do faktów, wydarzeń, osób, które mają związek z przeszłością, czyli są oddalone w czasie, np:

Co ciekawe, that używa się też, gdy mówi się o kimś z irytacją, pogardą. Może that pasuje tu dlatego, że mówiący chce się od tej osoby zdystansować?

That i those występują także przy porównaniach, np:

Warto zapamiętać kilka stałych zwrotów, w których pojawia się that , np:

Spójrzmy jeszcze na przypadki, w których możemy używać this / that oraz these / those zamiennie.

Kiedy mówimy ten rodzaj / typ , czyli z rzeczownikami kind i sort :

this i that zamiast so

This i that można też użyć w języku potocznym, dla wzmocnienia — tam, gdzie standardowo używa się so :

Kto by pomyślał, że o takich krótkich słowach trzeba aż tyle wiedzieć. Mamy nadzieję, że udało nam się w przystępny sposób wyjaśnić, czym są i kiedy są używane zaimki i przymiotniki wskazujące.

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These vs. those: what's the difference.

These is the plural of this —it’s used to point out things nearby. Those is the plural of that —it refers to things that aren’t right nearby. For example: Review these files, the ones here on my desk — not those over there . Both words can also indicate proximity in time, as in These last few years have been difficult, but those early years were much harder .

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Gramatyka angielska: these vs those – zaimki wskazujące

These is those to zaimki wskazujące, które brzmią podobnie i mają podobne znaczenia. Podobne nie oznacza jednak takie same – dowiedzmy się, jaka różnica występuje między zaimkami wskazującymi these i those.

W języku angielskim występują cztery zaimki wskazujące: this , that , these i those . O dwóch pierwszych przeczytacie tutaj . Na czym polega różnica między podobnie brzmiącymi zaimkami these i those ?

These vs those

Zacznijmy od wyjaśnienia ich znaczenia. These to po polsku „te”, a those – „tamte”, lub „te”, w przypadku, kiedy to, o czym mówimy, znajduje się od nas w pewnej odległości. Zaimki te służą do mówienia o osobach, zwierzętach, przedmiotach itp. w liczbie mnogiej. Jeżeli chcemy wskazać coś, co występuje w liczbie pojedynczej, użyjemy wspomnianych już this i that .

W czym więc tkwi różnica? Podobnie jak w przypadku this i that , chodzi tu o odległość, w jakiej wkazywana osoba/zwierzę/przedmiot itp. się od nas znajduje. Jeżeli jest blisko, „pod ręką, użyjemy these . Jeżeli ktoś/coś znajduje się od nas w pewnej odległości – również abstrakcyjnej * , użyjemy zaimka those .

* – przykład odległości abstrakcyjnej – w tym przypadku odległości w czasie – znajdziecie w przykładach poniżej. Oznaczyliśmy go gwiazdką.

Uwaga! Zdarza się, że w szkole, kursach języka angielskiego, a także na niektórych stronach internetowych, możemy spotkać się z błędnym wytłumaczeniem, iż zaimek wskazujący these odnosi się do zwierząt i rzeczy, a those do ludzi, co jest błędne. Możemy je używać w odniesieniu do ludzi, rzeczy i zwierząt bez obawy – pamiętajmy jednak o różnicy, jaka między nimi występuje.

Mówiąc o zwierzętach – czy na pewno znamy nazwy zwierząt w języku angielskim? Zapraszamy do nauki!

Difference between These and Those

“I will have these/those delivered tomorrow.”

Whether you use “these” or “those,” this sentence would still be grammatically correct. However, it is important to note that the two words are used differently and are not interchangeable. So what’s the difference between the two? This article will discuss the difference between “these” and “those.”

• 1 Summary Table
• 2 Descriptions
• 3 These vs Those
• 4 These, those as determiners
• 5 These, those as pronouns
• 6 These and those: uses to refer physical closeness
• 7 These and those: uses to refer emotional distance
• 8 These and those: uses to refer shared knowledge
• 9 Substitution with those
• 10 Writing tips
• 11 Example sentences – Best Day of My Life

Summary Table

Descriptions.

The word these is the plural of “this.” It is used:

• When the object (people or things) is plural and is near the speaker physically; for example: These are my new calligraphy pens. (The speaker is holding the pens.)
• To introduce people to other people; for example: Hi, Dad. These are my new teammates, Ronnie, Betty, and Kevin.
• When talking about things that the speaker feels positive about or the things that are emotionally close to the speaker; for example: I love these mats made of recycled plastic!
• When talking about something that recently happened or to introduce a person or thing in a narrative; for example: Yesterday, these so-called insurance representatives forced me to sign some fraudulent documents.

On the other hand, the word those is the plural of “that.” It is used:

• When the object (people or things) is plural and is away from the speaker; for example: Look at those hot air balloons! They are so far up in the air they look so tiny!
• When the speaker is talking about are two groups of things next to each other, the second group can be referred to as “those” although both groups are the near the speaker; for example: These Danish cookies are all mine, and those cheap candies are yours.
• When talking about things that the speaker does not approve of or things that the speaker does not feel positive about; for example: Ugh! I saw her designs yesterday. Gosh, I hate those awful leatherette blouses!

These vs Those

What, then, is the difference between these and those?

“These” is the plural form of “this” whereas “those” is the plural form of “that.”

The biggest difference between the two is that “these” is used when the speaker talking about things or persons near him or things that he feels positive about. “Those” is used when the speaker is talking about things or persons far from him or things that he does not approve of.

Additionally, “these” is used when introducing people to other people. It is also used to introduce persons or things in a narrative. On the other hand, “those” can also be used to refer to the second group of persons or things (when the speaker is talking about two groups) the speaker is talking about even if both groups are near him.

To easily remember this, keep in mind that: “these are here, those are there.”

These, those as determiners

If you were to look at the sentence structure of English, you would notice that it uses words like “these” and “those” as determiners. For example: There are two types of these , they are hard and soft .

A “determiner” is a category consisting of nouns that are directly modified by one or more other nouns. Determiners include pronouns, numerals, demonstratives determiners, adjectives, and other category members. For example:

(1) These = these are those people = these are the people who will come here.

(2) Those = those are those guys who did this = those are the guys who did this thing.

Note: In each case, the noun in question is either directly modified by another noun or indirectly modified by another noun through an intervening preposition or adverb. If a determiner modifies a noun directly, then it must appear in a phrase which includes the noun.

If a determiner modifies a noun indirectly, then it may appear in a phrase which does not include the noun. As can be seen from (1) and (2), the first word is modified by the second word, which is itself modified by another noun.

These, those as pronouns

These is a pronoun used to refer to persons or things already mentioned in the preceding clause. They is used to refer to persons or things not mentioned before. In addition, they is used as a plural noun. In English, this form of the pronoun is more common than the other forms.

Those are the only people I have met from my village in Pakistan.

Those are nice houses that we have seen today.

The villagers who live around here know how important it is for children to get their basic education. These students whose parents work very hard for their education deserve all our support.

These and those: uses to refer physical closeness

In english grammar, we use these to refer to people and things that are close to the speakers.

Do these books belong to the students?

(It’s happening right now and the speaker is pointing to the books).

Why are these snacks here?

In contrast, english speakers use those to address things and people that are more distant from the speaker and sometimes closer to the listener.

How much are those socks?

Can you help to get those glasses?

Could you help me to throw wash those dishes? I am late for meeting.

These and those: uses to refer emotional distance

In both American English and British English, we use these and those to refer to emotional distance. We use those to address the existing emotional distance. However, these are used to address positive feelings about the things or people the speakers talk about.

I don’t like the food. It has those unsavory blend of spices.

I love these pretty flowers that you buy for your mother.

I like these new books that my mom just got from her friends.

These and those: uses to refer shared knowledge

These and those are sometimes used to address the shared information between two speakers.

You know those students in class A? They just won another science competition.

Those shops next to our college currently offer 50% discounts.

I doubt that those climate change prevention programs they proposed will make any differences.

The teacher gave tips about countable and uncountable nouns earlier. Do you remember those specific things about how to determine nouns easily?

Substitution with those

In academic writing, we can use those to substitute the ones.

The recent posts on our school’s linguistics blog talked about 10 tips for learning english easily. The methods suggested are those captivating to students.

Those in “those captivating” is used to replace the ones captivating.

Writing tips

The form these or those has a negative connotation and it should be avoided for esl learners in both formal writing and informal conversations. In formal writing, these can be replaced by who, whom or whose if it can be avoided without affecting the meaning of the sentence.

Instead of using this form of pronoun in your sentences, you can use he/she/it or some other similar pronouns which do not have a negative connotation and which sound natural when referring to people who are not mentioned before in your sentences by using this form of pronoun.

Example sentences – Best Day of My Life

Human life is filled with different experiences, both good and bad. These experiences are called life moments. There are some people who are able to say what is the best day of their life, but others are not able to do so. Why do some people have good memories while others don’t? What makes a day memorable?

For the last week, I have been experiencing the most wonderful time of my life. I have never felt so happy in my entire life. I have never felt anything like these before.

When was the best day of your life? It’s not the day you were born, or even those days you fell in love. It’s not the moment you took those first steps, or the day you saw those rainbows. It’s not even when you learned to talk in English language.

It’s the day that mattered most to you. It was the day that changed everything about who you are, and how it made you feel about yourself and those around you.

It was a time when your world shifted from being only about yourself to being about someone else as well — a person who matters more than anything else in this world. And that person was also yours.

this, that, these, those

This, that, these, those, czyli zaimki wskazujące.

This, that, these, those to zaimki wskazujące, czyli tak zwane demonstrative pronouns . This i these używamy do wskazywania na rzeczy lub osoby, które znajdują się blisko nas – this stosujemy, gdy mówimy o pojedynczych rzeczach i osobach, a these gdy mówimy o kilku (przynajmniej dwóch!). Natomiast that i those używamy do mówienia o rzeczach lub osobach znajdujących się od nas w pewnej odległości. Przy czym that stosujemy z liczbą pojedynczą a those z liczbą mnogą.

Liczba pojedyncza zaimków wskazujących

that – tamto, tamten, tamta

Liczba mnoga zaimków wskazujących

those – tamte, tamci

this, that, these, those: różnice

Zaimki wskazujące różnią się między sobą ze względu na odległość w jakiej znajdują się od wskazującego – blisko (this, these) i daleko (that, those) . A także ze względu na ilość wskazywanych osób czy przedmiotów – liczba pojedyncza (this, that) i liczba mnoga (these, those) . Przyjrzyjmy się dokładnie różnicom między nimi na podstawie przykładów.

Tamten samochód jest mój.

Tamte buty są moje.

Nigdy nie byłem w tej części miasta.

Niekiedy angielskie zdania nie mają swoich odpowiedników w języku polskim. Wtedy trzeba zmienić trochę zdanie, aby zachować jego sens.

Czym są tamte rzeczy?

this, that, these, those: użycie

Wiemy już, że zaimki wskazujące możemy użyć do wskazywania przedmiotów lub ludzi. Kiedy jeszcze użyjemy this, that, these, those?

Gdy mówimy o rzeczach abstrakcyjnych

Możemy używać zaimków wskazujących, gdy mówimy również o rzeczach, które nie mają fizycznej formy takich jak cechy czy czynności.

Wykonuj to ćwiczenie codziennie a będziesz w świetnej formie.

Czy wiedziałeś/aś jak to zrobić?

Gdy chcemy zaznaczyć, że myślimy o czymś negatywnie lub pozytywnie

Możemy też użyć zaimków wskazujących, aby pokazać, że czujemy z kimś/czymś bliskość – myślimy o czymś pozytywnie (this, these) oraz gdy chcemy pokazać, że się od czegoś oddzielamy – myślimy o czymś negatywnie (that, those) .

Lubię to nowe menu.

Nie lubię tych zasłon.

Gdy przedstawiamy kogoś

Zaimki wskazujące możemy użyć gdy prezentujemy kogoś innej osobie. Jeśli przedstawiamy kogoś, używamy this, these, a jeśli o kogoś pytamy wtedy stosujemy that, those.

Adam, to moja siostra Sara.

Ponadto zaimki wskazujące stosujemy w rozmowach telefonicznych.

Tak, tu Carrie.

Gdy mówimy o czymś znanym lub nowym

Jeśli mówimy o czymś znanym naszemu rozmówcy możemy użyć that zamiast przedimka the . A gdy wprowadzamy coś nowego do naszej rozmowy wtedy używamy this.

Znasz tą małą kawiarenkę na na ulicy Maple, prawda?

Znienacka ten ptak wleciał do pokoju i ukradł kawałek szynki.

Zaimki wskazujące + wyrażenia czasowe

Zaimek this/these możemy użyć w wyrażeniach czasowych dotyczących czasu teraźniejszego lub przyszłego.

these days – w dzisiejszych czasach

Mam z nim spotkanie tego wieczoru.

Adam ma rozmowę kwalifikacyjną w tym tygodniu.

Myślę, że wszyscy mają komórki w tych czasach.

That/those możemy stosować w wyrażeniach czasowych mówiących o czasie przeszłym.

Zobaczyłam/em Grega po raz ostatni tamtego dnia.

Ona była w Australii tamtego tygodnia.

Pamiętam te dni, kiedy byliśmy młodzi i beztroscy.

That używamy również przy mowie zależnej .

Anna powiedziała, że widziała go w tamtym tygodniu.

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Mam wrażenie, że na stronie jest błąd (liczba pojedyńcza to „This” i „that” a mnoga to those/these

„Liczba pojedyncza zaimków wskazujących this – to, ten, ta those – tamte, tamci

Liczba mnoga zaimków wskazujących that – tamto, tamten, tamta these – te, ci”

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What are 'the kids' thinking these days? Honor Levy aims to tell in 'My First Book'

Leland Cheuk

What are the kids thinking these days? That seems be to the question behind the publication of My First Book , the buzzy debut story collection by Honor Levy.

The 26-year-old writer was the subject of a viral profile in The Cut , earlier this month, in which she described the praise she received for her story "Good Boys" on The New Yorker website as "not undeserved" and demurred when asked whether she's the voice of her generation. Social media discourse and the inevitable backlash aside, Levy's first book is an amusing, if uneven, take on growing up white, privileged, and Gen Z, the first generation to completely be born after the existence of the internet.

Readers won't find meticulously plotted story arcs, fleshed-out characters, emotional epiphanies, or any other earmarks of conventional literary fiction. Most of Levy's stories run fewer than 12 pages and feel like very long flash fiction, written in a voice dense with the chaotic patois of the internet. In her strongest stories, Levy channels the blitzkrieg of contradictory micro-observations we absorb from social media, video games, and doomscrolling to create the absurd, incomprehensible cacophony that anyone born after 1997 had to grow up enduring. These stories seem to ask: How can anyone expect a well-adjusted adult to rise from all this noise?

In "Internet Girl," the main character is 11 and very online, and Levy's portrayal of her narrator's interiority is both compellingly satirical and frighteningly plausible. She writes:

"It's 2008, and my dad gets laid off and everything is happening all at once. All at once, there are two girls and one cup and planes hitting towers and a webcam looking at me and me smiling into it and a man and a boy and a love and a stranger on the other end. All at once, there are a million videos to watch and a million more to make. All at once it's all at once. It's beginning and ending all at once all the time. I'm twenty-one. I'm eleven. I'm on the internet. I'm twenty-one."

Another strong piece is "Love Story," the collection's opener, which is about a boy and a girl having an online relationship that seems to consist entirely of texting and sending pics of their bodies to each other. Levy poignantly captures the girl's vulnerability. "Little girl lost can't even find herself," Levy writes. "Pictures of her naked body are out there everywhere, in the cloud floating, and under the sea, coursing through cables in the dark. It's so dark."

Levy smartly skewers late capitalism in "Halloween Forever," about a young woman trying to survive a surreal and drug-filled Halloween night in Brooklyn. She meets a "boy from Stanford dressed as a cowboy," who, when sufficiently coked-up, muses about the romance of the Wild West and how "The West was freedom...just like the internet originally was!" The narrator is skeptical:

"Freedom is the stuff of dreams and nightmares only and our free market doesn't make us free people, but the cowboy doesn't care. Silicon Valley must have burrowed itself deep into his brain underneath that hat. He is probably afraid of blood, or social media, or something stupid. My drink is seventeen dollars."

As the collection progresses, the unique blend of the satirical and the poignant gives way to a more essayistic approach to storytelling. In "Cancel Me," which is about cancel culture, the characters — a young woman and two "Ivy League boys with kitten-sharp teeth and Accutane-skin," all of whom have experienced cancellation for murky reasons — gradually fade into a series of observations about wokeness that aren't much different or more insightful than what one might find on X or Reddit.

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"Z Was For Zoomer," which runs more than 50 pages, seems to be a continuation of "Cancel Me," except the two male "edgelords" — someone on an internet forum who deliberately posts about controversial or taboo topics to appear edgy — are named Gideon and Ivan instead of Jack and Roger. Just as in "Cancel Me," the narrator's relationship with the men is never defined and doesn't progress. Character-driven narrative takes a back seat to dashed-off, inch-deep lines like "Identity is a Swedish prison, comfortable but you still can't leave."

It should also be mentioned that these stories won't pass the most permissive of racial Bechdel tests. The number of non-white references in this 200-page book won't go past one hand, unless you count the few references to anime and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. The milieu of Honor Levy's fiction is undeniably white and privileged, but her best stories exaggerate that milieu to great satirical effect. Perhaps her second book will contain more of them.

Leland Cheuk is an award-winning author of three books of fiction, including the latest No Good Very Bad Asian . His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and Salon , among other outlets.

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Like the total solar eclipse in April, the aurora offered a chance for people to marvel at the natural world. The spectacular show could be repeated this weekend.

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Meteor showers

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The best viewing is in the pre-dawn hours, and the peak is predicted for Aug. 12, with up to 100 meteors per hour. Wait for the moon to set around 1 a.m. local time, then head to a dark location, recommended Robert Lunsford of the American Meteor Society. Peak time will be 3 to 5 a.m.

Enthusiasts should also circle their calendars for the Geminids shower in December 2025, which won’t be obscured by moonlight, Lunsford said, and the 2027 Perseids, when several hundred meteors an hour are predicted to streak across the sky.

Meteor showers, which happen annually, are among the “easiest things to observe and prepare for” because viewers only need clear weather and a dark area, Teets said.

“Find as dark a location as you can, put a blanket out on the ground and just lie back and take in as much of the sky as possible,” he said.

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Six planets will align June 3, giving viewers from Earth’s Northern Hemisphere an unusual chance to see them all at once.

Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will line up in the pre-dawn sky. The first four will be clear to the naked eye, and all six will be visible through binoculars or a telescope, according to Astronomy magazine. The moon will also be visible between Uranus and Mars.

Bioluminescence

Light displays aren’t just for the skies — they can also been seen in the oceans when bioluminescent organisms light up and create an otherworldly glow. Sometimes bioluminescence is visible near the water’s surface, often triggered by waves, boats or other disturbances, according to the Smithsonian Institution.

Bioluminescence can’t be predicted, but travelers can try to witness spring and summer displays in spots throughout the world, such as California, Puerto Rico and Australia.

Other ways to find a glow: Visit the New Zealand glowworms at Waitomo Caves or catch the synchronous firefly displays in the Great Smoky Mountains .

Year-round wonders

Natural beauty is all around, and there are plenty of places where you can find a sense of awe anytime you want.

Visit a national or state park. Natural wonders are always available, from the Grand Canyon to Niagara Falls, the volcanoes of Hawaii to the geysers of Yellowstone. Many track seasonal sights, too, such as bird and butterfly migrations, Yosemite’s “ firefall ” and wildflower super blooms across western desert swaths.

Travel to see the northern lights. Though their appearance Friday in the lower latitudes was rare, aurora displays can reliably be seen in the Arctic Circle. Visitors chase the lights in Alaska and parts of Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. The lights can also sometimes be spotted in northern contiguous U.S. states such as Maine , Michigan , Wisconsin and Minnesota .

Go stargazing. Search for stars anywhere away from bright city lights. Drive at least 45 or 60 minutes from a big city, or check out a designated Dark Sky place — there are 138 places in the United States , many in the Southwest, along with spots in the East, Midwest and West.

Bring a blanket, lie back and use your eyes, Teets recommended. In the summer and fall, the Milky Way will glow across the sky. Viewers can also use night-sky phone apps to learn constellations, and binoculars can help you scan the sky for star clusters and galaxies.

“It gives us a little way to take a break and just enjoy what the universe has out there for us,” Teets said. “It just inspires this sense of awe and wonder.”

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Darryl Strawberry wanted to quit baseball at 19. These two Mets brought him back

To this day, 43 years later, Darryl Strawberry still has a nickname for his 1981 season with the Class A Lynchburg Mets.

“I call it,” Strawberry said by phone last week, “the suck season.”

The suck season was, at the time, the most challenging of Strawberry’s life. It was the season he first confronted failure on the baseball diamond. It was the season he first heard racist slurs from the stands. It was the season he came oh-so-close to quitting baseball and hanging up his jersey for good.

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“Everybody looks at the success, but I look at the people who had a great impact on me,” Strawberry said. “There’s no way that I would be standing on the field having my number retired had it not been for people like them getting me through the most challenging, difficult times at a young age.”

The first month of Strawberry’s first full season in pro ball had not gone well. Failing on the field for the first time is hard enough for any player. Strawberry had several extra spotlights on him.

The prior summer, he had been the No. 1 pick out of Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, where his coach had called him “the black Ted Williams” in Sports Illustrated. His signing bonus, while not a record, more than doubled that of the previous No. 1 pick.

And he was a black man playing in a southern city in Virginia. So when he struggled on the field, he heard it from the Carolina League crowds. Home games, road games, any games — Strawberry heard the worst of it.

“They were calling me all kind of names and saying negative things,” Strawberry said. “You’re talking about the deep south. I was like, ‘This is crazy.’ I grew up in Southern California and we never had to experience that growing up.”

“Listen, it was 1981. Society as a whole didn’t quite embrace us — black folks,” McClendon said. “They used to pass the hat for anybody who hit a home run. We hit home runs and we got nothing.”

By early May, Strawberry wanted to take his bat into the stands, he said. Instead, he took his bat home.

“I just checked out,” he said. “I did go AWOL.”

“He left for a couple days,” Dusan said. “It was concerning that he left. I felt like he’d be back. I knew he’d be back.”

Rather than chase Strawberry, Dusan gave him space. He didn’t even tell the higher-ups in the Mets front office.

“If I did that today, they’d fire me,” he chuckled. “Things were different in the early ’80s.”

Two days later, Strawberry returned to the park, thanks largely to his relationships with Dusan and McClendon. Strawberry and McClendon had bonded the year before in rookie ball in Kingsport, Tenn., when they roomed together and had each other’s backs during their first summer in the South.

“I guess we had to protect each other,” McClendon said.

And McClendon hadn’t been there at the start of the ’81 season in Lynchburg because of a broken hand he suffered in spring training. But when Strawberry left the team, that rehab period became a lot shorter for McClendon.

“When I saw him at the park, then I was happy,” Strawberry said, “to see a face and someone of color just like me.”

Dusan made sure the two roomed together again, even though McClendon had gotten married.

“You have to take care of him,” McClendon remembered Dusan saying, “because he’s not going to make it if you don’t.”

“I don’t know if I was old enough to be a mentor at the time,” said McClendon, who was 22 that season, “but I was certainly a friend and a voice he could talk to. Whatever little wisdom that I had I tried to pass along.”

And Dusan’s tough-love approach as a manager was what Strawberry needed at that point. The day Strawberry returned to the club, Dusan didn’t exactly rejoice.

“I’m glad you’re back. I’m glad you’re healthy,” he told the player. “We’ve got to go to work.”

From that day forward, Dusan remembered, Strawberry became the best player he ever coached.

“He was there every day for extra hitting,” Dusan said. “Once he applied himself, he was the man.”

There was a reason Strawberry was always there for extra hitting.

“Let me put it this way: In a very good way, Gene was a pain in the ass to Darryl and I,” McClendon said. “When we were on the road, he would wake us up at 8 every morning and we had go to the ballpark. I guess he saw something special in both of us. He saw it in Darryl, for sure.”

“Gene Dusan was like a father figure to me that I didn’t have. He embraced me to fight through some adversities early,” Strawberry said. “I became a part of his family. It was just very personal to me.”

How much a part of the family? Strawberry helped babysit Dusan’s children.

“Geno kept me going, kept me focused on not looking up there and interacting with the people up there (in the stands),” Strawberry said. “That really helped me because I really didn’t want to play anymore, for a minute there.”

“He taught us so much about not just baseball but life in general and how you go about your business,” said McClendon, who went on to manage more than 1,100 major-league games. “You stand up and live by your word and learn to be a man of honor. It was pretty cool.”

For Strawberry, the suck season remains an important part of his story. That first experience of adversity helped him through the many later challenging periods he endured, both self-inflicted and not. It was a learning moment, he said, one that came up whenever his children wanted to give something up at a difficult time.

In ’82, playing for Dusan in Double-A Jackson, Miss., Strawberry broke through with 34 homers, 45 stolen bases and an OPS over 1.000. Two years after the suck season, Strawberry was the National League’s Rookie of the Year.

“I made the right decision to fight through the adversities and start believing,” Strawberry said. “I’m forever thankful for that and for real people. These are real people. These are not people that sugarcoat everything about you. But the people that showed me how to overcome.”

“It’s hard to believe,” Dusan said about watching the teenager he managed have his number retired. “I appreciate how he feels about me. I’m proud of him.”

(Photo of Darryl Strawberry batting for the Mets circa 1984: Focus on Sport / Getty Images)

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Memorial Day weekend 2024 travel will be busiest at these times: How to avoid traffic jams

If you’re traveling for Memorial Day weekend , be prepared to run into some crowds. The next holiday weekend – taking place May 25 to 27 – is slated to see a record-breaking number of travelers, according to AAA. 

A projected 43.8 million Americans are expected to pack their bags for trips over 50 miles or more over the holiday weekend – a 4% increase from last year and close to 2005’s previous record of 44 million. 

“We haven’t seen Memorial Day weekend travel numbers like these in almost 20 years,” said Paula Twidale, Senior Vice President of AAA Travel, in a press release. “We’re projecting an additional one million travelers this holiday weekend compared to 2019, which not only means we’re exceeding pre-pandemic levels but also signals a very busy summer travel season ahead.”

Both roads and airports will be extremely busy, with a historic number of roadtrippers since AAA began tracking data in 2000. That’s 38.4 million drivers, up 4% from last year. 

A predicted 3.51 million airline passengers are expected to hit the skies over the holiday weekend, a 4.8% increase from 2023. This will make for the most crowded Memorial Day weekend at airports since 2005, AAA said. 

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Here’s everything you need to know about traffic if you’re hoping for a Memorial Day weekend getaway.

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What are the most popular destinations for Memorial Day weekend travel?

Most popular domestic destinations:

• Las Vegas, 
• Anaheim/Los Angeles

Most popular international destinations:

• Vancouver, Canada

What are the best times to drive for Memorial Day weekend? 

To avoid the worst traffic, drivers leaving for their long weekend trip on Thursday, May 23, and Friday, May 24, should hit the road before 11 a.m. or after 7 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday. 

Travelers driving on Saturday, May 25, who leave before 1 p.m. and after 6 p.m., will be able to avoid the worst traffic jams. On Sunday, drivers should head out before 1 p.m. to avoid the worst congestion. 

Travelers returning home on Monday, May 27, should embark after 7 p.m. if they want to dodge peak traffic. 

What are the worst times to drive by car for Memorial Day weekend?

Travelers should expect the worst traffic on Thursday between noon and 6 p.m. 

Friday between noon and 7 p.m. since they’ll encounter commuter congestion as well. 

Over the weekend, peak traffic is anticipated to be between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday and between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday. 

On Memorial Day, drivers heading back home can expect peak traffic between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., aka peak rush hour time.

Peak congestion times in major US cities

Travelers who are going through major metropolitan areas should unfortunately expect travel times to be up to 90% longer than usual, according to Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at INRIX. “Travelers should stay up to date on traffic apps, 511 services, and local news stations to avoid sitting in traffic longer than necessary,” Pishue said in a statement. 

• Worst route: Atlanta to Savannah via I-16 E
• Worst day: Saturday, May 25
• Worst time: 4:45 p.m. 
• Estimated travel time: 5 hours, 31 minutes
• 54% increased travel time
• Worst route: Manchester to Boston via I-93 S
• Worst day: Sunday, May 26
• Worst time: 8:45 a.m.
• Estimated travel time: 1 hour, 48 minutes
• 50% increased travel time 
• Worst route: Milwaukee to Chicago via I-94 E 
• Worst time: 4:30 p.m.
• Estimated travel time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
• 27% increased travel time
• Worst route: Fort Collins to Denver via I-25 
• Worst time: 4:15 p.m.
• Estimated travel time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
• 56% increased travel time

Los Angeles

• Worst route: LA to Bakersfield via I-5 N 
• Worst day: Thursday, May 23
• Worst time: 6:15 p.m.
• Estimated travel time: 2 hours, 45 minutes
• 84% increased travel time
• Worst route: New York to Albany via I-87N 
• Worst time: 11:45 a.m. 
• Estimated travel time: 2 hours, 37 minutes

Philadelphia

• Worst route: Philadelphia to Baltimore/DC 
• Worst day: Friday, May 24
• Worst time: 7:30 a.m.
• 64% increased travel time

San Francisco

• Worst route:  San Francisco to Napa via I-80 E
• Worst time: 11 a.m.
• Estimated travel time: 1 hour, 34 minutes

Washington, D.C.

• Worst route: Washington, DC to Baltimore via Balt/Wash Pkwy N 
• Worst time: 2:15 p.m.
• Estimated travel time: 1 hour, 21 minutes
• 72% increased travel time

Kathleen Wong is a travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Hawaii. You can reach her at [email protected] .

These are the best hospitals in New Jersey, according to a magazine ranking

New Jersey has a great amount of excellent hospitals that provide tremendous service to their patients, but which ones are considered the best? Jersey's Best magazine recently ranked the best hospitals in the state overall and in multiple specific categories.

The Castle Connolly Top Doctors selected these prestigious hospital lists. These physicians are in the top 7% of U.S. doctors who are peer-nominated and thoroughly vetted by a physician-led research team.

The top 10 overall hospitals in New Jersey with more than 350 beds:

• Morristown Medical Center
• Overlook Medical Center- Summit
• Englewood Hospital
• The Valley Hospital- Paramus
• Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick
• CentraState Medical Center- Freehold
• Holy Name hospital - Teaneck
• Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center- Livingston
• Cooper University Hospital- Camden

Here are the top 10 overall hospitals in New Jersey with fewer than 350 beds.

• Chilton Medical Center- Pompton Plains
• Hudson Regional Hospital- Secaucus
• Newton Medical Center
• Goryeb Children's Hospital- Morristown
• Hackettstown Medical Center
• Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center- Montclair
• Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey- New Brunswick
• Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation West Orange
• Clara Maass Medical Center, West Hudson Division- Kearny
• Deborah Heart and Lung Center- Brown Mills

Englewood Hospital was the highest ranking hospital in Bergen County followed by The Valley Hospital and Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center. Holy Name in Teaneck also made the list. All these facilities occupy more than 350 beds.

All 82 hospitals in New Jersey were ranked but only the top 20 were shown.

There are also rankings based on how hospitals treat certain illness, pregnancies, surgeries and other specific categories.

This ranking by Castle Connolly Top Doctors is not the only list that ranks the best New Jersey Hospitals. U.S. News and World Report also put out a listing of all the top hospitals in New Jersey and in the country each year.