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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

'that' to represent multiple things

I know the plural of that is those however I often hear stuff like the following; It was raining. There was lightning. It was windy. The field was wet. Because of that, the game was canceled. I think 'that' in this case is referring to all four of the sentences that come before it. Is 'Because of that' grammatically correct in my example? Thanks in advance for your time.
  

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Anonymous I know the plural of that is those however I often hear stuff like the following; It was raining. There was lightning. It was windy.

— Anonymous

  • Anonymous I know the plural of that is those however I often hear stuff like the following; It was raining.
  • There was lightning.
  • It was windy.
  • The field was wet.
  • Because of that, the game was canceled.
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AnonymousI know the plural of that is those however I often hear stuff like the following; It was raining. There was lightning. It was windy. The field was wet. Because of that, the game was canceled. I think 'that' in this case is referring to all four of the sentences that come before it. Is 'Because of that' grammatically correct in my example? Thanks in advance for yo
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AnonymousIs 'Because of that' grammatically correct in my example?
Yes. And sometimes we say: "Because of all that, the game was cancelled."
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Anonymous Is 'Because of that' grammatically correct in my example?
Yes.

You can go to the trouble of saying "Because of (all) these factors" instead, but that might be considered overly fastidious.
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