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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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"Mutassim Gaddafi's presence in the city, and that of several other senior figures in the former regime, is believed to be responsible for the fierce resistance the anti-Gaddafi fighters have encountered." [From the BBC website.]
Is the word "that" a pronoun meaning "presence" in the cited sentence?
Thank you.
"Mutassim Gaddafi's presence in the city, and that of several other senior figures in the former regime, is believed to be responsible for the fierce resistance the anti-Gaddafi fighters have encountered." [From the BBC website.]
Is the word "that" a pronoun meaning "presence" in the cited sentence?
Thank you.
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Yes, it's a relative pronoun and it replaces "presence". "
- Yes, it's a relative pronoun and it replaces "presence".
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Yes, it's a relative pronoun and it replaces "presence".
Mutassim Gaddafi's presence in the city, and the presence/(that) of several other senior figures in the former regime, is believed to be responsible for the fierce resistance the anti-Gaddafi fighters have encountered."
Mutassim Gaddafi's presence in the city, and the presence/(that) of several other senior figures in the former regime, is believed to be responsible for the fierce resistance the anti-Gaddafi fighters have encountered."
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Thank you, Ivanhr, for your reply. I'd argue the "that" is not a relative pronoun; it's rather a subject, together with the noun "presence", in the copula sentence.
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