Difference between revisions of "That"

Latest revision as of 14:57, 19 March 2020

That is a demonstrative determiner, it allows you to explain which N you are talking about: that car, that broken cup, that one.

introduces a complementary clause
very similar to the French word que in function if not in form. One notable exception is the comparative where English uses than and as rather than that.
can be dropped in many (though not all) sentences. This is often noted as ø in grammar books.

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 ==Subordinating conjunction / complementizer ==
-Introduces a complementary <abbr name="proposition, en grammaire française">clause</abbr>.  It is very similar to the French word ''que'' in function if not in form.  One notable exception is in comparisons where English uses ''[[than]]'' and ''[[as]]''.
+*introduces a complementary <abbr name="proposition en grammaire française">clause</abbr>
+*very similar to the French word ''que'' in function if not in form.   One notable exception is the comparative where English uses ''[[than]]'' and ''[[as]]'' rather than [[that]].
+*can be dropped in many (though not all) sentences.  This is often noted as '''ø''' in grammar books.
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