Them-These-Or-Those | Commonly Confused Words

These or those

/ðiz/

Words used to indicate specific people or things close in space or time

/ðəm/

Refers to people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.

Them's my orders.The book belongs to them, not us.They offered them a ride to the station.

This word has no antonyms

Remember these for items that are physically close to you.
Use those for objects that are further away.
Them is different because it's a pronoun, not a determiner.
These is used for plural items near you; them is used for referring back to a group that was already mentioned.
Those refers to plural items far from you in contrast to these.