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MIG Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

"That of"

Hi. Could someone please teach me what does "that of" add to the sentence below?

The new President’s foreign policy is very similar to (that of) his predecessor.

Thank you.
  

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You're not comparing the new President's foreign policy with his predecessor, but with his predecessor's foreign policy . "That of" allows the speaker/writer to avoid repetition, and in this case it stands for "the foreign policy of".

— Ozzourti

  • You're not comparing the new President's foreign policy with his predecessor, but with his predecessor's foreign policy .
  • "That of" allows the speaker/writer to avoid repetition, and in this case it stands for "the foreign policy of".
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You're not comparing the new President's foreign policy with his predecessor, but with his predecessor's foreign policy. "That of" allows the speaker/writer to avoid repetition, and in this case it stands for "the foreign policy of".
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Thank you very much ozzourti.
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