[jQuery] "this" ?

[jQuery] "this" ?


'scuse me for the noob question here...
i have statements like this:
$(".highlight").removeClass;
$("this:even").addClass("shaded");
And I don't think I'm using "this" or :even correctly; it doesn't work
=)
Googling has turned up some different ways that the "this" keyword is
used, and I'm not sure what is right here. I'm just trying to remove a
class from a bunch of elements and then apply a new class to even
numbered elements.
Any ideas? Again, sorry for the dumb question, but googling the word
"this" isn't very helpful since you get like 10 kabillion results.