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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

relative pronoun?

You should write in a way that can be easily understood by anyone.

In this sentence, is "that" used as a relative pronoun?
  

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teacherJapan In this sentence, is "that" used as a relative pronoun? Yes. The antecedent is "way".

— CalifJim

  • teacherJapan In this sentence, is "that" used as a relative pronoun?
  • Yes.
  • The antecedent is "way".
  • It's a rather abbreviated way of saying You should write in such a way that your writing can be easily understood by anyone.
  • So it contains (but only implicitly) a such ...
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teacherJapanIn this sentence, is "that" used as a relative pronoun?
Yes. The antecedent is "way". It's a rather abbreviated way of saying

You should write in such a way that your writing can be easily understood by anyone.

So it contains (but only implicitly) a such ... that ... construction.

CJ
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Thank you, CJ. Then, is it better to include "such" to make a sentence sound more formal?
Or can I just keep it as it is?
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teacherJapanThen, is it better to include "such"
No.
teacherJapancan I just keep it as it is?
Yes, of course. It's fine.
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Thank you very much for reconfirmation:)
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