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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

That they know

"Those who are stating with confidence that they know what’s going on with him are making guesses. It would be wiser just to wait until more information is available."
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What is the grammatical form and function of "that" in "that they know what's going on..."?
  

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"? "that" in that context is a complementizer. It's function is to create a clause complement of a verb of stating (a content clause).

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JigneshbharatiWhat is the grammatical form and function of "that" in "that they know what's going on..."?

"that" in that context is a complementizer. It's function is to create a clause complement of a verb of stating (a content clause).

[ ... are stating ... that they know what's going on with him ]

Compare:

They said that they knew t

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