That-(Grammar Question)

Hi,

Well, I'd say it 'relates' to rock.

Clive

RishonlyThe monastery was built in the shadow of a massive rock,hundreds of feet high,that tour books often referred to as "the Gibraltar of Greece".

when there is a questionary made for learning the function of "that".

Here, "that " doesn't refer to the subject of the main clause "the monastery", also it is an eliptical clause for "t

Thanks for your feedback, Umut HIZAR.

I also asked the usage of "that" before. And so here, can I put a semi-comma instead of a comma?

The monastery was built in the shadow of a massive rock,hundreds of feet high; that tour books often referred to as "the Gibraltar of Greece".

No, you can't have a semi colon before a relative pronoun. It too strong a separation from its antecedant.

Where did you find the sentence?

Dear friends,

It is my opinion that «that» refers to «rock». We may omit «hundreds of feet high».

Kind regards,

Shall we call it as an elliptical clause?

Hi,

Let's just call it a relative clause. You can simplify the sentence in this way:

The monastery was built in the shadow of a massive rock. The rock is hundreds of feet high. It is a rock that tour books often referred to as "the Gibraltar of Greece".

Gibraltar is not a monastery. It is not a shadow. It is a massive rock.

Be

Thanks for clearning all doubts about this question, Clive.

So, it depends on each case. Also, it is not always wrong putting "that" after a comma(,). Right?