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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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that (not reletive pronoun)
There are a lot of massage therapists and trainers out there. I've met quite a few in the more than four years that I've written this column. Not many approach their work with Mantina's missionary zeal.
Q) "That" in the underlined part of the sentence is unfamilar to me.
Simply, does the conjunction and function the same as "that" in that sentence, i.e. "I've meet quite a few in the more than four years and I've written this column?"
Q) "That" in the underlined part of the sentence is unfamilar to me.
Simply, does the conjunction and function the same as "that" in that sentence, i.e. "I've meet quite a few in the more than four years and I've written this column?"
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'that' is rather like 'which' the four+ years in which I have written this column. the four+ years of writing this column. I've met quite a few in the I've-been-writing-this-column four years.
- 'that' is rather like 'which' the four+ years in which I have written this column.
- the four+ years of writing this column.
- I've met quite a few in the I've-been-writing-this-column four years.
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'that' is rather like 'which'
the four+ years in which I have written this column.
the four+ years of writing this column.
I've met quite a few in the I've-been-writing-this-column four years.
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the four+ years in which I have written this column.
the four+ years of writing this column.
I've met quite a few in the I've-been-writing-this-column four years.
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I see the "that" as meaning "in which." This essentially repeats the previous phrase, "in the more than four years." So the "which" means "the previous four years."
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