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Allexkramer432 Posted 8 years ago
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Is it true that some are saying that "that" is no longer defined as a relative pronoun? Do you agree with this?

  

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allexkramer432 Is it true that some are saying that "that" is no longer defined as a relative pronoun? Yes. As far as I know, that theoretical framework comes from CGEL (Cambridge Grammar of the English Language).

— CalifJim

  • allexkramer432 Is it true that some are saying that "that" is no longer defined as a relative pronoun?
  • Yes.
  • As far as I know, that theoretical framework comes from CGEL (Cambridge Grammar of the English Language).
  • Moreover, my understanding is that in that methodology there are only "relative words", not "relative pronouns".
  • It seems to me that CGEL analyzes the phrase below the money that ( which) I found as a noun phrase ('the money') followed by the subordinator 'that', followed by an implicit relative word 'which' followed by the subject and verb of the relative clause.
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allexkramer432

Is it true that some are saying that "that" is no longer defined as a relative pronoun?

Yes. As far as I know, that theoretical framework comes from CGEL (Cambridge Grammar of the English Language).

Moreover, my understanding is that in that methodology there are only "relative words", not "relative pronouns".

It seems to m

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