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How to spell this

What it means: Refers to something nearby or just mentioned.

In a sentence: This is my favorite toy. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as ths or thsi.

Same family: these, that, those, here, there. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “This” comes from Old English “þis,” a demonstrative word used much like today. It is related to similar words in other Germanic languages, such as German “dies” and Dutch “dit,” all used to point to something near in space or time.

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