Question

The demonstrative pronouns this and that are misused when they are not supplied with a specific antecedent or with a specific noun to modify. True False

Answer 1

The statement above is TRUE.
This and that, which are demonstrative pronouns can be a source of confusion when reading a text if they are not supplied with specific antecedent. Without specific antecedents attached to these pronouns it will be quite difficult to understand the nouns that they are referring to in a passage.