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Bhikkhu1991 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Part of speech/it takes all sorts

0An idiom : 02br
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00It takes all sorts ( to make a world ) (saying) used to say that you think somebody's behaviour is very strange 02br
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00or unusual but 01u00that02u00 everyone is different and likes different things. (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [7 th edition] ).02br
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00Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers,02br
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001. What is the part of speech of the underlined word, ' that ' ?02br
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002. Could you explain the meaning of the underlined word ,' that ' as well ?02br
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00Thank you.02br
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00With best wishes.0-
  

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02br 002-- it carries no intrinsic meaning; it connects the verb (01i 00to say02i 00) with the clause complementing it (01i 00everyone is different and likes different things02i 00)0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 002-- it carries no intrinsic meaning; it connects the verb (01i 00to say02i 00) with the clause complementing it (01i 00everyone is different and likes different things02i 00)0-
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0 .02br
001-- it is a subordinating conjunction.02br
002-- it carries no intrinsic meaning; it connects the verb (01i00to say02i00) with the clause complementing it (01i00everyone is different and likes different things02i00)0-
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0... used to say 02br
01u00that02u00 you think --02br
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001. (01u00that02u00) [somebody's behaviour is very strange or unusual]02br
00but (you also think) --02br
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00 2. 01u00that02u00 [everyone is different and likes different things].02br
00Some g
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0Hello CalifJim,02br
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00I would like to thank you for your clarification. I have noticed that you have inserted some ellipses , ' that ' and ' you also think '.02br
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00Do you mean to say that the sentence should be read as shown below if the ellipses are grammatically inserted ?02br
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00It takes all sorts ( to make a world )
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