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Taka Posted 18 years ago
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These are not countries where the military marches in the street, enforcing curfews. These are not societies where armed criminals run amok. These are not, as the National Rifle Association likes to claim, countries on that first slippery step down the same slope that the Nazis chose.
What does 'that' in blue refer to? And what does 'that' in red refer to?
  

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Taka What does 'that' in blue refer to? And what does 'that' in red refer to? The first (blue) is a demonstrative that , not a referring that .

— CalifJim

  • Taka What does 'that' in blue refer to?
  • And what does 'that' in red refer to?
  • The first (blue) is a demonstrative that , not a referring that .
  • that --->>> step .
  • ) The antecedent of the second one (red) is slope .
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TakaWhat does 'that' in blue refer to? And what does 'that' in red refer to?
The first (blue) is a demonstrative that, not a referring that. that --->>> step. (What else can it be after a preposition?) The antecedent of the second one (red) is slope.
CJ
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CalifJim The first (blue) is a demonstrative that, not a referring that. that --->>> step.

When you say it's demonstrative, do you mean it's one of these kinds?
·He couldn't control that temper of his.
·When do you intend to repay that five dollars?
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TakaWhen you say it's demonstrative, do you mean it's one of these kinds?
·He couldn't control that temper of his.
·When do you intend to repay that five dollars?
Yes. Exactly.
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OK. Thanks, Jim! 
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