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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The analyses of a text #4
The narrator recalls his childhood.
He lives with his mother, Peggotty the only maid of his house, his stern stepfather Mr. Murdstone, and Mr. Mudstone's eccentric elder sister in his late father's house.
Firmness, I may observe, was the grand quality on which both Mr. and Miss Murdstone took their stand. However I might have expressed my comprehension of it at that time, if I had been call upon, I nevertheless did clearly comprehend, in my own way, that it was another name for tyranny, and for a certain gloomy, arrogant, devil's humour, that was in them both.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know why what is positioned before "I nevertheless" is the comma, not a period.
And I'd like to know if "that" means "it that."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He lives with his mother, Peggotty the only maid of his house, his stern stepfather Mr. Murdstone, and Mr. Mudstone's eccentric elder sister in his late father's house.
Firmness, I may observe, was the grand quality on which both Mr. and Miss Murdstone took their stand. However I might have expressed my comprehension of it at that time, if I had been call upon, I nevertheless did clearly comprehend, in my own way, that it was another name for tyranny, and for a certain gloomy, arrogant, devil's humour, that was in them both.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know why what is positioned before "I nevertheless" is the comma, not a period.
And I'd like to know if "that" means "it that."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon I'd like to know why what is positioned a comma is used before "I nevertheless", is the comma, not a period. You're right. A period (full stop) is required there.
- park sang joon I'd like to know why what is positioned a comma is used before "I nevertheless", is the comma, not a period.
- You're right.
- A period (full stop) is required there.
- " No.
- "
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park sang joonI'd like to know whyYou're right. A period (full stop) is required there.what is positioneda comma is used before "I nevertheless",is the comma,not a period.
park sang joonAnd I'd like to know if "that" means "it that."No. "That" is used there as a relative pronoun; it means "
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Thank you, teechr, for your very helpful answer and the correction. 
Then I was wondering if the antecedent of "that" is "tyrann
Then I was wondering if the antecedent of "that" is "tyrann
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