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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Early on that?
Please check whether or not the following sentence is right.
"Ironically,it may be his relative lack of success early on that ultimately contributed to his lasting fame"
I think the "that" is a just normal pronoun. It is not a relative pronoun.
Why did the writer use "that",not "it"? Can I put "it" instead of "that" there?
Thank you for your answers in advance.
"Ironically,it may be his relative lack of success early on that ultimately contributed to his lasting fame"
I think the "that" is a just normal pronoun. It is not a relative pronoun.
Why did the writer use "that",not "it"? Can I put "it" instead of "that" there?
Thank you for your answers in advance.
Top answer
I have been told that the that of a cleft construction is not a pronoun at all. I honestly don’t know what to call it. No, you cannot use it there.
- I have been told that the that of a cleft construction is not a pronoun at all.
- I honestly don’t know what to call it.
- No, you cannot use it there.
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I have been told that the that of a cleft construction is not a pronoun at all. I honestly don’t know what to call it.
No, you cannot use it there.
No, you cannot use it there.
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You may use a comma as you'd normally pause between early and on while reading out loud, think of it as...= "it was his relative lack of sucess early on (his career, his life, etc.), that ultimately".
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Ah! This time it is really difficult for me to understand the sentence. If it is a cleft clause, couldn't you teach me what form the original sentence has?
Like this?
"Ironically, it may be his relative lack of success early on that ultimately contributed to his lasting fame"
->" Ironically, ultimately contributed to his lasting fame may be his relative lack of succ
Like this?
"Ironically, it may be his relative lack of success early on that ultimately contributed to his lasting fame"
->" Ironically, ultimately contributed to his lasting fame may be his relative lack of succ
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AnonymousYou may use a comma as you'd normally pause between early and on while reading out loud, think of it as...= "it was his relative lack of sucess early on (his career, his life, etc.), that ultimately".There is no reason at all to use any additional commas in the sentence. Doing so would be poor punctuation.
Son JamesIronically,
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If there was words as his career or something, I could have caught it a cleft clause.
Can the word "early on" be a adverbial phrase? without any noun? Thank you for your answer in advance.
Can the word "early on" be a adverbial phrase? without any noun? Thank you for your answer in advance.
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Son JamesCan the word "early on" be an adverbial phrase?Yes, it is adverbial.
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"His relative lack of success early on (may have) ultimately contributed to his lasting fame." Thank you for your answer, Now I can understand what you're saying. But it is still hard for me to change it to the original sentence.
I think it needs time for me to perfectly understand that sentence.Thank you so much,Mr.Aspara Gus
I think it needs time for me to perfectly understand that sentence.Thank you so much,Mr.Aspara Gus
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