write these/them down ?

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birgit33

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Is this correct : "Make sentences and write them (or "these") down." ?
 

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Is this correct : "Make sentences and write them (or "these") down." ?

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Make sentences and write them down. - them = the sentences made by you
Make sentences and write these down. - these = some other sentences or words you are asked to write down, not the sentences you make
 

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Thanks, but care to explain ?
 

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Thanks, but care to explain ?

I think the first sentence, as it stands, is clear to you. As for the other, these cannot mean them - these must be referring to something already created and present in writing, something that someone may be showing and asking you to write down - it could be anything in plural.
 
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