Is 'that' in the sentence an expletive?
Here's the sentence in question: 'It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the
eyes follow you about when you move.'
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It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. "That" belongs to the category (part of speech) subordinator. Here it introduces the underlined declarative content clause functioning as complement of "contrived".
- It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move.
- "That" belongs to the category (part of speech) subordinator.
- Here it introduces the underlined declarative content clause functioning as complement of "contrived".
- Interestingly, the clause is licensed (specifically required) not by the head of the adjective phrase, "contrived", but by the "so" that modifies it, and hence is sometimes called an 'indirect complement'.
- , such as "a ****** nuisance", "a bleeding idiot", "a damned liar" and the like.
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It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move.
"That" belongs to the category (part of speech) subordinator. Here it introduces the underlined declarative content clause functioning as complement of "contrived".
Interestingly, the clause is licensed (specifically required) not by the head of the adjectiv
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