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"It was that bouncing around that limited Philae's long-term prospects." (NPR)
Is the first "that" a determiner and the second one a relative pronoun in the above sentence?
Is the first "that" a determiner and the second one a relative pronoun in the above sentence?
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Anonymous Is the first "that" a determiner and the second one a relative pronoun in the above sentence? Yes. By the way, you have a cleft structure here.
- Anonymous Is the first "that" a determiner and the second one a relative pronoun in the above sentence?
- Yes.
- By the way, you have a cleft structure here.
- That bouncing around limited P's prospects.
- becomes It was that bouncing around that limited P's prospects.
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AnonymousIs the first "that" a determiner and the second one a relative pronoun in the above sentence?Yes.
By the way, you have a cleft structure here.
That bouncing around limited P's prospects.
becomes
It was that bouncing around that limited P's prospects.
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