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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Can 'that' act as a subject of a sentence?

Hi teachers,
The noun clause is marked in blue.
He though that was the only house he could find food.
That clause has two subjects and two verbs. Right?
One is 'he could find'.
And the other is 'that was'? Can 'that' act as a subject of a sentence?

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Thinking Spain That clause has two subjects and two verbs. Right? There are two that -clauses.

— RandomGuy

  • Thinking Spain That clause has two subjects and two verbs.
  • Right?
  • There are two that -clauses.
  • You are right about the subjects and verbs.
  • He thought [that] that was the only house [that] he could find food at .
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Thinking SpainThat clause has two subjects and two verbs. Right?
There are two that-clauses. You are right about the subjects and verbs.

He thought [that] that was the only house [that] he could find food at.

Where may be used instead, in which case the conjunction is not optional and at should
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Aspara GusIs this what you mean?
Indeed! Thank you very much for your help.
Though the sentence from the bokk doesn' have 'at'.
He thought,“This is the only house I can find food.”

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Thinking Spain“This is the only house I can find food.”
This is not a good sentence, but it’s a good example of careless writing.
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This is the only house in which I can find food.
This is the only house I can find food in.
This is the only place where I can find food.
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JohnBozThis is the only house in which I can find food.
This is the only house I can find food in.
In is better here, yes. The reported speech must have thrown me off.
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Hi JonhBoz,
Thank you for your examples.Emotion: smile

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