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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is it grammatically correct?

Could anyone analyze a sentence below grammatically?
"Who is this that even the weather knows him?" I'm particularly confused by the usage of "that." Is it used as apposition or as amplification?
  

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Anonymous Is it used as apposition or as amplification? No, it just introduces the dependent (relative) clause. The relative pronoun is required in this particular sentence.

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  • Anonymous Is it used as apposition or as amplification?
  • No, it just introduces the dependent (relative) clause.
  • The relative pronoun is required in this particular sentence.
  • Otherwise, the parsing is ambiguous.
  • It is optional in this sentence: Who are the people that you know best?
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AnonymousIs it used as apposition or as amplification?
No, it just introduces the dependent (relative) clause. The relative pronoun is required in this particular sentence. Otherwise, the parsing is ambiguous.

It is optional in this sentence:

Who are the people that you know best?
Who are the people you know best?
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