Discussion
Which part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence ?
Understanding this process is crucial.
Answer: A
The underlined word this is a determiner.
In 'Understanding this process is crucial', this comes before the noun process and specifies which process is meant. A word used before a noun to point it out or limit it is a (demonstrative) determiner.
It would be a pronoun only if it stood alone without a noun, as in 'This is crucial'. It does not link words as a preposition or conjunction does, and it does not modify a verb or adjective as an adverb would.
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