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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Shatter

"They made all sorts of unrealistic promises that even a brief reflection would have shattered."

(The Guardian.)

(1) Is "shatter" a transitive verb in the sentence above?

(2) Is "that" a subordinator or that-relative in the sentence?

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I see "shatter" as a transitive verb and "that" as a relative one in the cited sentence.

  

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tkacka15 I see "shatter" as a transitive verb and "that" as a relative one in the cited sentence. Correct.

  • tkacka15 I see "shatter" as a transitive verb and "that" as a relative one in the cited sentence.
  • Correct.
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tkacka15I see "shatter" as a transitive verb and "that" as a relative one in the cited sentence.

Correct.

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