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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Can one use that as restrictive clause while continuing with had: Those were bad apples that had to be discarded sooner or later. (is had here used as what tense, exactly? Is there a substitute for it?)
  

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Anonymous Can one use that as restrictive clause That can't used as a clause but it can be used as a relative pronoun which begins a restrictive relative clause. Anonymous while continuing with had There are no restrictions regarding the tense of the relative clause. All tenses are possible in a relative clause.

  • Anonymous Can one use that as restrictive clause That can't used as a clause but it can be used as a relative pronoun which begins a restrictive relative clause.
  • Anonymous while continuing with had There are no restrictions regarding the tense of the relative clause.
  • All tenses are possible in a relative clause.
  • Anonymous Those were bad apples that had to be discarded sooner or later.
  • (is had here used as what tense, exactly?
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AnonymousCan one use that as restrictive clause
That can't used as a clause but it can be used as a relative pronoun which begins a restrictive relative clause.
Anonymouswhile continuing with had
There are no restrictions regarding the tense of the relative clause. All tenses are possible in a relative clause.

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