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Dhomachevsky Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

That because

Hi!

I have a sentence such as 'They make the naive assumption that because it's popular it must be good.'

It looks like it's reasonable to put a period before underscored words. Could someone explain me this structure please?

Thanks in advance.

  

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dhomachevsky Could someone explain me this structure please? the naive assumption [ that [it must be good because it's popular ]] 'That' heads a relative clause that contains an embedded dependent clause.

— Mister Micawber

  • dhomachevsky Could someone explain me this structure please?
  • the naive assumption [ that [it must be good because it's popular ]] 'That' heads a relative clause that contains an embedded dependent clause.
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dhomachevskyCould someone explain me this structure please?

...the naive assumption [that [it must be good because it's popular]]

'That' heads a relative clause that contains an embedded dependent clause.

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