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Pkr Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Relative pronoun or conjunction?
In the following sentence from webster's learner's dictionary,
The building as we know it [=as it exists now] is quite different from how it looked when it was first built.
is "as we know it" a restrictive relatiev clause introduced by relaative pronoun "as" or adverbial clause introduced by conjunction "as"?
The building as we know it [=as it exists now] is quite different from how it looked when it was first built.
is "as we know it" a restrictive relatiev clause introduced by relaative pronoun "as" or adverbial clause introduced by conjunction "as"?
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conjunction: in the way or manner that. com. It can't be a relative pronoun because it doesn't have an antecedent.
- conjunction: in the way or manner that.
- com.
- It can't be a relative pronoun because it doesn't have an antecedent.
- we and it already take up the spaces where nouns or pronouns could go.
- There's no other position left for a pronoun.
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conjunction: in the way or manner that.
See m-w.com.
It can't be a relative pronoun because it doesn't have an antecedent. we and it already take up the spaces where nouns or pronouns could go. There's no other position left for a pronoun. *We know it the building makes no sense.
CJ
See m-w.com.
It can't be a relative pronoun because it doesn't have an antecedent. we and it already take up the spaces where nouns or pronouns could go. There's no other position left for a pronoun. *We know it the building makes no sense.
CJ
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