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Bashyboy Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Analyzing A Sentence
Here is the sentence:
"With sacks in their hands, that they used for carrying mutton and other plunder, they waited in the shadows."
This comes from the second chapter of The Hobbit.
I was wondering, is the group of words "that they used for carrying mutton and other plunder" serving as an appositive for the noun sacks?
"With sacks in their hands, that they used for carrying mutton and other plunder, they waited in the shadows."
This comes from the second chapter of The Hobbit.
I was wondering, is the group of words "that they used for carrying mutton and other plunder" serving as an appositive for the noun sacks?
Top answer
It's not in apposition; it's a relative clause, modifying "sacks". "that" is typically used for defining relative clauses, but this seems to be non-defining, in which case "which" might be more usual than "that".
- It's not in apposition; it's a relative clause, modifying "sacks".
- "that" is typically used for defining relative clauses, but this seems to be non-defining, in which case "which" might be more usual than "that".
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It's not in apposition; it's a relative clause, modifying "sacks". "that" is typically used for defining relative clauses, but this seems to be non-defining, in which case "which" might be more usual than "that".
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