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Hat green 57 Posted 6 years ago
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Is this sentence correct? What is “that”?

“Each night before we fall asleep, we lie to ourselves in the desperate, desperate hope that come morning,, it will all be true.

  

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It's a meaningless subordinator introducing the clause that come morning it will all be true, functioning as complement of "hope".

  • It's a meaningless subordinator introducing the clause that come morning it will all be true, functioning as complement of "hope".
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It's a meaningless subordinator introducing the clause that come morning it will all be true, functioning as complement of "hope".

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