When you ask someone for certain files, which of the followings is correct?
- They are not uploaded on the website, can you please upload them when you have a chance?
- Those are not uploaded on the website, can you please upload those when you have a chance?
I have always used they before, but I feel like those is correct. Is either one correct?
Best Answer
They is plural of he/she/it. You use they to refer to one group of things that have already been mentioned in the conversation:
Those is the plural of that. You generally use those in the same way as you use these, to refer to one of two distinct groups of things.
When you use those without a these, it suggests that there is some other group, for example:
this implies that some other items have already been uploaded to the web site.