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Maya2 Posted 19 years ago
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01i00"It is a commission analogous to 01b00that which02b00 investigated the Challenger disaster in 1986." (The New York Times)02i02br
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  1. 01i00What is the difference in syntactic function between 01b00that02b00 and 01b00which02b00 in this sentence?02i02li
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  2. 01i00Can 01b00which02b00 be replaced by 01b00that:02b02i02li
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01i00"It is a commission analogous to 01b00that that02b00 investigated the Challenger disaster in 1986,"?02i02br
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0 Hi Maya202br 02br 00In the original sentence, 'that' is the object of the preposition 'to'. 02br 00'Which' is a relative pronoun and introduces a defining clause. )02br 02br 00In 01u 00theory02u 00, you could write "that that" in the sentence.

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  • 0 Hi Maya202br 02br 00In the original sentence, 'that' is the object of the preposition 'to'.
  • 02br 00'Which' is a relative pronoun and introduces a defining clause.
  • )02br 02br 00In 01u 00theory02u 00, you could write "that that" in the sentence.
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0 Hi Maya202br
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00In the original sentence, 'that' is the object of the preposition 'to'. The words 'the one' or 'the commission' could be used in place of 'that', for example.02br
00'Which' is a relative pronoun and introduces a defining clause. (It defines the word 'that'.)02br
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00In 01u00theory02u00, you could
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