them
♦♦♦ them /ðəm, STRONG ðem/
Them is a third person plural pronoun. Them is used as the object of a verb or preposition.
1 [PRON] v PRON, prep PRON
You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things.
Kids these days have no one to tell them what's right and wrong...
His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them.
2 [PRON] v PRON, prep PRON
You use them instead of `him or her' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.
It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.
3 [DET]
In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of `those'.
`Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.
Them is a third person plural pronoun. Them is used as the object of a verb or preposition.
1 [PRON] v PRON, prep PRON
You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things.
Kids these days have no one to tell them what's right and wrong...
His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them.
2 [PRON] v PRON, prep PRON
You use them instead of `him or her' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect.
It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth.
3 [DET]
In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of `those'.
`Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said.