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Tai Kim Yi Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

That

Hi!

Can 'that' be omitted in the following sentence? Or any purpose of using 'that' at the beginning of the sentence?

That the Translation should give a complete transcript of the ideas of the original work... (Alexander Tytler)

Many thanks.

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Tai Kim Yi Can 'that' be omitted in the following sentence? No. Tai Kim Yi Or any purpose of using 'that' at the beginning of the sentence?

— Persian Learner

  • Tai Kim Yi Can 'that' be omitted in the following sentence?
  • No.
  • Tai Kim Yi Or any purpose of using 'that' at the beginning of the sentence?
  • It's a subordinator that introduces the follwoing declarative clause (noun clause in traditional grammar) which functions as the subject of your sentence.
  • Tai Kim Yi That the t ranslation should give a complete transcript of the ideas of the original work ( is important.
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Tai Kim YiCan 'that' be omitted in the following sentence?

No.

Tai Kim YiOr any purpose of using 'that' at the beginning of the sentence?

It's a subordinator that introduces the follwoing declarative clause (noun clause in traditional grammar) which functions as the subject of your sentence.

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