This
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This is a demonstrative pronoun used to identify a noun. It describes something that is here or nearby ("This ball I am holding is red." or "This is my home."). A very easy way you can tell if someone is using this the right way is if you can point to an object that they are talking about, like if someone says "this computer is mine," you should be able to point to the computer, and it does not matter if the computer (a noun) is in the room or in a picture. Another way to tell is if, after they say "this computer is mine," that you don't go, "Which computer?" or "What computer?"
This can also mean:
- In some computer programming languages, this is a special pointer (C++) or reference (Java, C#, JavaScript) within object methods that refers an object to itself.