Question

Help pick the correct word for a sentence (so that it makes sense)

The teachers needed (this, that) type of stencil.

(This/that) was the funniest skit I had ever seen.

Answer 1

In the first sentence, both words are possible -- given the appropriate context and situation; however, in the second sentence, only the word 'that' is appropriate because of the tense.

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