Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to refer to people or things which have already been mentioned.
Theoretically he had control over more than $400 million in US accounts. But, in fact, it was the US Treasury and State Department who controlled ~ accounts...
They have the aircraft capable of doing significant damage, because most of ~ aircraft are capable of launching anti-ship missiles.
DET: DET pl-n
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Those is also a pronoun.
I understand that there are a number of projects going on. Could you tell us a little bit about ~?...
PRON
2.
You use ~ when you are referring to people or things that are a distance away from you in position or time, especially when you indicate or point to them.
What are ~ buildings?...
Oh, ~ books! I meant to put them away before this afternoon.
DET: DET pl-n
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Those is also a pronoun.
Those are nice shoes. Where’d you get them?...
PRON
3.
You use ~ to refer to someone or something when you are going to give details or information about them. (FORMAL)
Those people who took up weapons to defend themselves are political prisoners...
DET: DET pl-n
4.
You use ~ to introduce more information about something already mentioned, instead of repeating the noun which refers to it. (FORMAL)
The interests he is most likely to enjoy will be ~ which enable him to show off himself or his talents...
PRON: PRON pron-rel, PRON of n
5.
You use ~ to mean ‘people’.
A little selfish behaviour is unlikely to cause real damage to ~ around us...
PRON: PRON prep/adj/-ed, PRON pron-rel
6.
You use ~ when you refer to things that you expect the person you are talking to to know about or when you are checking that you are both thinking of the same people or things.
He did buy me ~ daffodils a week or so ago...
DET: DET pl-n