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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·pron & ·adj As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.

II. This ·pron & ·adj As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.

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