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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
That
Hi.
"I bitterly regret I didn't take a braver course of action at the time. I didn't want to disabuse that they wanted to run with it." [From The Guardian.]
Is "that" a conjunction or a pronoun in the context?
Thank you.
"I bitterly regret I didn't take a braver course of action at the time. I didn't want to disabuse that they wanted to run with it." [From The Guardian.]
Is "that" a conjunction or a pronoun in the context?
Thank you.
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conjunction
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AnonymousI didn't want to disabuse that they wanted to run with itI’ve never seen the word disabuse used that way before, and the COCA has no citations for disabuse + that.
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A search on Google Books yields some 800 results for disabuse + that, but with the word 'that' used either as a determiner or as a pronoun. I can't find any example with 'that' as a conjunction.
So, on second thought, I agree that the sentence is somewhat unusual.
So, on second thought, I agree that the sentence is somewhat unusual.
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