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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

THAT

What part of speech is 'that' in this sentence?

"That was a compliment coming from the leader."

Is it a pronoun, relative pronoun, demonstrative pronoun?

Is it also acting as a 'dummy subject'?

Many thanks

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Hi I'd say it is straightforwardly a demonstrative pronoun. It is referring to whatever the leader said. " there is no "It" to point to - nothing that is giving us the rain.

— Dave_anon

  • Hi I'd say it is straightforwardly a demonstrative pronoun.
  • It is referring to whatever the leader said.
  • " there is no "It" to point to - nothing that is giving us the rain.
  • The "it" is then a dummy subject But in the case of the leader's words, there's definitely something that the speaker is referring to, so it is a demonstrative pronoun Regards, Dave
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Hi

I'd say it is straightforwardly a demonstrative pronoun. It is referring to whatever the leader said. The speaker of the sentence is, in a way, pointing at what the leader said

With regards to "dummy subject": in a sentence like "It is raining." there is no "It" to point to - nothing that is giving us the rain. The "it" is then a dummy subject

But in the case of th
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Thanks heaps Dave.

You're a life save.

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