them vs those :

them or those

One use of “them” for “those” has become a standard catch phrase: “howdo you like them apples?” This is deliberate dialectical humor. But “Ilike them little canapes with the shrimp on top” is gauche; say instead"I like those little canapes."

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    The Corporate Whistle Blower Center is urging physicians, or pharmaceutical industry insiders to call them if they have substantial proof a pharmaceutical product was defective, this information was known internally for years, and the company continued to sell the drug, regardless of the adverse, or even fatal effects to consumers, because this type of information can be worth millions in ...
    June 13, 2013 - PRWeb
  • U.S. sanctions four Lebanese men, accuses them of aiding Hezbollah
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on four Lebanese citizens on Tuesday, accusing them of fundraising and recruiting for Hezbollah in West Africa, as Washington seeks to cut off sources of cash for the Lebanese militant group. The U.S. Treasury Department said Ali Ibrahim al-Watfa, Abbas Loutfe Fawaz, Ali Ahmad Chehade, and Hicham Nmer Khanafer were sanctioned for acting ...
    June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
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    Ask designers what they think about iOS 7 and you'll get an earful, a lof of it negative. But if you query developers about whether they think Apple's new mobile OS will make them richer, the answers are decidedly more positive. Heroku's Mattt Thompson told VentureBeat, "In the short term, there will be a mad rush to retrofit all of the existing apps out there. Apple essentially wrote a $100 ...
    June 12, 2013 - Forbes
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