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Non Standard Spoken English Billy Eat Helen Refer Person

query
In non-standard spoken English, t___ is sometimes used instead of 'those'.In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of 'those'.
'Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.
word them
full-definition
pronoun
You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things.
The Beatles–I never get tired of listening to them.
Kids these days have no one to tell them what's right and wrong.
She let the dogs into the house and fed them.
His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them.
You use them instead of 'him or her' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman.
It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.
determiner
In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of 'those'.
'Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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