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Yulysess Posted 20 years ago
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"that" after comma
Hello everbody,
Here are three sentences (quoted from Guy Maupassant) in which the relative pronoun “that” is used after “comma”. I would like to ask about their functions, for we know in such sentences” “that” not poosible after “comma. Could anyone explain the details by paraphrasing sentences, please? Thanks in advance
1- “She limped with her right leg, and in her brown knitted jacket, that was faded by the sun and washed out by the rain, she looked like a poor, wretched, dirty servant.”
2-"You chose Fecamp, which is a very dull town, without consulting me in the matter, and now you are seized with such a rage for walking, you who hardly ever stir out on foot, that you want to take a country walk on the hottest day of the year.”
3-"They were going along one of those narrow country lanes between farmyards, that are concealed beneath a double row of beech trees at either side of the ditches, and suddenly they found themselves in front of a gate, beside which there was a young spruce fir.”
Here are three sentences (quoted from Guy Maupassant) in which the relative pronoun “that” is used after “comma”. I would like to ask about their functions, for we know in such sentences” “that” not poosible after “comma. Could anyone explain the details by paraphrasing sentences, please? Thanks in advance
1- “She limped with her right leg, and in her brown knitted jacket, that was faded by the sun and washed out by the rain, she looked like a poor, wretched, dirty servant.”
2-"You chose Fecamp, which is a very dull town, without consulting me in the matter, and now you are seized with such a rage for walking, you who hardly ever stir out on foot, that you want to take a country walk on the hottest day of the year.”
3-"They were going along one of those narrow country lanes between farmyards, that are concealed beneath a double row of beech trees at either side of the ditches, and suddenly they found themselves in front of a gate, beside which there was a young spruce fir.”
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that structure with a nonrestrictive clause in its midst. Such a rage for walking (you who hardly ever stir out on foot) that you want.. #1 is a gross violation of the impossibility of that heading a nonrestrictive clause and #3 is a gross violation of the impossibility of the that of a restrictive clause being preceded by a comma.
- that structure with a nonrestrictive clause in its midst.
- Such a rage for walking (you who hardly ever stir out on foot) that you want..
- #1 is a gross violation of the impossibility of that heading a nonrestrictive clause and #3 is a gross violation of the impossibility of the that of a restrictive clause being preceded by a comma.
- Someone ought to write this Guy a letter of complaint.
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#2 obeys the 'rule': it is a such...that structure with a nonrestrictive clause in its midst. ...Such a rage for walking (you who hardly ever stir out on foot) that you want....
#1 is a gross violation of the impossibility of that heading a nonrestrictive clause and #3 is a gross violation of the impossibility of the that of a restrictive clause being
#1 is a gross violation of the impossibility of that heading a nonrestrictive clause and #3 is a gross violation of the impossibility of the that of a restrictive clause being
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0 Just as an aside, surely Maupassant's original text was in French, so any slips in the English grammar ought to be attributed to whoever the translator was? 0-
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 Just as an aside, surely Maupassant's original text was in French, so any slips in the English grammar ought to be attributed to whoever the translator was? 12 br10 yeah~.... thinking the same thing... 05 0 010id 1
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