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Russkiy Bear Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
'That' conjuction as a clalification tool
I'm happy that you got an A in math
It's sad that she's gone abroad
I have the opinion that she's a good mother
I have the idea that he will set us up
With adjectives and certain nouns, I know this work. I don't know why though. It seems to be about clarification of something that goes before that. With other things, like the following ones with IT. I'm not sure. I also tend to think that every IT has to be in there to make sense and can't be replaced by any noun without change the sentence structure
It doesn't interest me that he's got a lot of money
It doesn't appeal to me that he drinks like a fish.
It gives us the sense that he knows what's he doing
It didn't seem a miracle that she passed the test
It's a rule that no one goes to the dark forest
It's sad that she's gone abroad
I have the opinion that she's a good mother
I have the idea that he will set us up
With adjectives and certain nouns, I know this work. I don't know why though. It seems to be about clarification of something that goes before that. With other things, like the following ones with IT. I'm not sure. I also tend to think that every IT has to be in there to make sense and can't be replaced by any noun without change the sentence structure
It doesn't interest me that he's got a lot of money
It doesn't appeal to me that he drinks like a fish.
It gives us the sense that he knows what's he doing
It didn't seem a miracle that she passed the test
It's a rule that no one goes to the dark forest
Top answer
I might not have pulled my question together. Whether the last five sentences are corect. And does everything that goes after that serve a clarification of what comes before it in them
- I might not have pulled my question together.
- Whether the last five sentences are corect.
- And does everything that goes after that serve a clarification of what comes before it in them
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I might not have pulled my question together. 
Whether the last five sentences are corect. And does everything that goes after
Whether the last five sentences are corect. And does everything that goes after
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That is a relative pronoun that introduces a clause.
See definition #4
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/that?r=66
It doesn't interest me that he's got a lot of money.
You can eliminate the "dummy it" by moving the clause from the end of the sentence to the s
See definition #4
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/that?r=66
It doesn't interest me that he's got a lot of money.
You can eliminate the "dummy it" by moving the clause from the end of the sentence to the s
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Russkiy BearBut those five senteces are correct, right?Yes, they are good examples of cleft sentences using the "dummy it."
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