Subordinator 'that'
"That Duncan Smith and the Christian rightwingers who gathered around him meant well and promised inspiring changes in no way exonerates them from the misery that followed."
(The Guardian.)
Is "That" a subordinator in the sentence above? And if so, should there be a comma placed after "changes"?
Top answer
inspiring changes", functions as a noun and is the subject of the sentence. There should not be a comma after it.
- inspiring changes", functions as a noun and is the subject of the sentence.
- There should not be a comma after it.
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The group of words, "That Duncan Smith...inspiring changes", functions as a noun and is the subject of the sentence. There should not be a comma after it.
0That Duncan Smith and the Christian rightwingers who gathered around him meant well and promised inspiring changes in no way exonerates them from the misery that followed.
Yes, "that" is a subordinator introducing the underlined declarative content clause.
No comma is required. Never separate a subject and its predicate with a comma.
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