That the majority
"My experience is that the majority of children benefit from such an approach and that children's reading is improving as a result."
What is the grammatical form and function in the example?
Is "that" a relative pronoun with "my experience" as an antecedent?
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'That' is a conjunction in your sentence. CB
- 'That' is a conjunction in your sentence.
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Jigneshbharati"My experience is that the majority of children benefit from such an approach and that children's reading is improving as a result."
This is an improvement:
"My experience is that the majority of children benefit from such an approach. Both their reading comprehension and speed improve."
0JigneshbharatiIs "that" a relative pronoun with "my experience" as an antecedent?
No. 'that' is a complementizer, and the phrase that it starts is a content clause.
If 'that' were a relative pronoun, it would be the subject or object of the that-clause. My experience is my experience the majority of children .... ???
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