about "those"

[alan]

"it seems that more effort should be made to develop students' positive attitudes towards those around them."

what i want to ask is, what is the "those" in the sentence above equivalent to ?

is that equivalent to "those people who are" ??

thank you for time ^^

[Ahmed88]

It is equivalent to "those students who are"

In such cases, you usually have the right to omit the congunction e.g.

The man whom I met = The man I met

Regards

[Tdol]

It doesn't have to be resticted to students- it coulkd include other people. In an educational context, staff would be included in this, IMO.

[Ahmed88]

Yes sir you are quite right. I will keep that in my mind,

Thanks a lot

Regards

[Tdol]

I'm a teacher- it came naturally to me.

[alan]

that means i am right @@??