That usage
Hi there,
How far would you travel for a good meal? If you were a humpback whale, the answer would be five thousand miles. These large sea animals travel at least that far from their winter home off the coast of Columbia to their summer feeding areas off Antarctica.
1. Is "that" similar to "so" here?
2. What does "that" refer to? "five thousand miles"?
Thank you.
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How far would you travel for a good meal? If you were a humpback whale, the answer would be five thousand miles. These large sea animals travel at least that far from their winter home off the coast of Columbia to their summer feeding areas off Antarctica.
- How far would you travel for a good meal?
- If you were a humpback whale, the answer would be five thousand miles.
- These large sea animals travel at least that far from their winter home off the coast of Columbia to their summer feeding areas off Antarctica.
- You are half right!
- The demonstrative phrase "that far" is anaphoric here – it has the noun phrase five thousand miles as antecedent.
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How far would you travel for a good meal? If you were a humpback whale, the answer would be five thousand miles. These large sea animals travel at least that far from their winter home off the coast of Columbia to their summer feeding areas off Antarctica.
You are half right!
The demonstrative phrase "that far" is anaphoric here – it has the noun phrase
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