Difference between revisions of "That"

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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.

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	*introduces a complementary <abbr name="proposition en grammaire française">clause</abbr>		*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 the comparative where English uses ''[[than]]'' and ''[[as]]'' rather than [[that]].	+	*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]].