That?
Parents feel a special kind of affection towards their own children, different from that which they feel towards each other and other children.
Does the underlined “that” signify “affection”?
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teacherJapan Does the underlined “that” signify “affection”? Yes and no. Grammatically, the antecedent of "that" can't be buried in a prepositional phrase the way "affection" is, so it becomes ""kind".
- teacherJapan Does the underlined “that” signify “affection”?
- Yes and no.
- Grammatically, the antecedent of "that" can't be buried in a prepositional phrase the way "affection" is, so it becomes ""kind".
- Logically, it's "affection", and that is the way any reader would read it first time, every time, but it limps a bit.
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teacherJapanDoes the underlined “that” signify “affection”?
Yes and no. Grammatically, the antecedent of "that" can't be buried in a prepositional phrase the way "affection" is, so it becomes ""kind". Logically, it's "affection", and that is the way any reader would read it first time, every time, but it limps a bit. Me, I would recast thus: "Parents feel a
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different from the affection that they feel ...
different from the kind of affection that they feel ...
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