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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

A relative adverb

Hi, teachers,
I remember the moment when [or that] we met first.

I don’t know the city where [or that] he came.

This is the reason why [or that] I missed the class.

As the above sentences, can a conjunction, that substitute for a relative adverb, when, where, why, and how?

If so, is that clause appositive?


Thanks in advance.
  

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Anonymous Hi, teachers, I remember the moment when [or that] we met first. I don’t know the city where [or that] he came from . This is the reason why [or that] I missed the class.

  • Anonymous Hi, teachers, I remember the moment when [or that] we met first.
  • I don’t know the city where [or that] he came from .
  • This is the reason why [or that] I missed the class.
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AnonymousHi, teachers,
I remember the moment when [or that] we met first.
I don’t know the city where [or that] he came from.
This is the reason why [or that] I missed the class.

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I remember the moment [when] we first met.
I don't know the city [that/which] he came from. (I think the intended meaning is: I don't know what/which city he came from.)
This is the reason [why] I missed the class.

CB
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In my opinion you missed the point. I want to know about the usage of conjunction, that. Can “that” replace relative adverbs? If so, is that clause “appositive”?

I remember the moment that we first met.
the moment (an antecedent) = that clause(?)
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AnonymousI remember the moment that we first met.
In that case, "that" is not necessary in my opinion. Consider: I can count the times [that] you came to work late.
" That" has many properties. Most commonly used is a relative pronoun as well as an adverb. But with the context in your example, "that" behaves more like an
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AnonymousI remember the moment when [or that] we met first. I don’t know the city where [or that] he came from. This is the reason why [or that] I missed the class. As the above sentences, can a conjunction, that substitute for a relative adverb, when, where, why, and how?If so, is that clause appositive?
Yes,
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Thank you so much BillJ.
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What about "where" in the sentence below? Can this relative adverb be replaced with appositive-that? (Well, you might still call it a relative adverb as well though) In other words, in some cases like this, could relative pronoun and appositive-that be used interchangeably?

"You ever have that feeling where/that you're not sure if you're awake or still dreaming?"
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Anonymous"You ever have that feeling where/that you're not sure if you're awake or still dreaming?"
Informally, many native speakers use, "Have you ever had the feeling where ... (description of a situation)?"

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