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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Brexit is the story that...

Brexit is the story that rolling news was invented for. (The Guardian.)

Is "that" a relative pronoun in the sentence above?

  

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anonymous Brexit is the story that rolling news was invented for. ) Is "that" a relative pronoun in the sentence above? In traditional grammar it is.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Brexit is the story that rolling news was invented for.
  • ) Is "that" a relative pronoun in the sentence above?
  • In traditional grammar it is.
  • In Cambridge grammar (or "modern grammar") it is not.
  • It is a subordinator.
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anonymous

Brexit is the story that rolling news was invented for. (The Guardian.)

Is "that" a relative pronoun in the sentence above?

In traditional grammar it is.
In Cambridge grammar (or "modern grammar") it is not. It is a subordinator.

CJ

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