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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
That The Town Soon Had It That
He used language so severe about the young man that the town soon had it that Charley had borrowed a lot of money from Champ.
Could you please explain the first and second that in this sentence? The second one defines it?
Could you please explain the first and second that in this sentence? The second one defines it?
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to have it that is "to believe that" or "to come to believe that". The first that goes with so . so severe that [this was the result] The second that is the usual complementizing that used after verbs like believe .
- to have it that is "to believe that" or "to come to believe that".
- The first that goes with so .
- so severe that [this was the result] The second that is the usual complementizing that used after verbs like believe .
- In other words, The language about the young man was very severe.
- It was so severe that it resulted in this: The town soon came to believe that Charley had borrowed a lot of money from Champ.
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to have it that is "to believe that" or "to come to believe that".
The first that goes with so.
so severe that [this was the result]
The second that is the usual complementizing that used after verbs like believe.
In other words,
The language about the young man was very severe. It was so severe
The first that goes with so.
so severe that [this was the result]
The second that is the usual complementizing that used after verbs like believe.
In other words,
The language about the young man was very severe. It was so severe
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