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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The use of "that"

A Spanish student with advanced English speaking ability is puzzled by the usre of "that" in the following two sentences:

I had never seen "that" many children in my life before before.
I didn't know you were "that" old.

They could both be replaced with "so" for example.

As a native speaker I wasn't able to explain it's grammaticle function very well, that's the problem with being a native speaker.

Can someone help?
  

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Anonymous A Spanish student with advanced English speaking ability is puzzled by the use of "that" in the following two sentences: I had never seen "that" many children in my life before before. I didn't know you were "that" old. They could both be replaced with "so" for example.

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  • Anonymous A Spanish student with advanced English speaking ability is puzzled by the use of "that" in the following two sentences: I had never seen "that" many children in my life before before.
  • I didn't know you were "that" old.
  • They could both be replaced with "so" for example.
  • As a native speaker I wasn't able to explain it's grammaticle function very well, that's the problem with being a native speaker.
  • Can someone help?
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AnonymousA Spanish student with advanced English speaking ability is puzzled by the use of "that" in the following two sentences:

I had never seen "that" many children in my life before before.

I didn't know you were "that" old.

They could both be replaced with "so" for example.

As a native speaker I wasn't able to explain it's grammat
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I had never seen "that" many children in my life before before.
I didn't know you were "that" old.

They could both be replaced with "so" for example.



I would say yes.

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