There is an imaginary world that some of us inhabit ...
This book encourages you to learn something we think can change your life for the better. That something is “critical thinking.” But there is an imaginary world that some of us inhabit where there is no need at all for critical think-
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Would anyone please explain the sentence in blue above for me?
What's the function for "that" in red? I refer to "that some of us...". Is that a clause? What kind of the clause it it?
Am I wrong if I write "there is an imaginary world, where some of us inhabit, where there is no need at all for crtical thinking? I think it would be clearer if I use two "where" to modify "world".
Thanks!
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"that some of us inhabit" is a relative clause modifying "imaginary world". iclearwater Am I wrong if I write "there is an imaginary world, where some of us inhabit, where there is no need at all for crtical thinking? "where some of us inhabit" isn't right.
- "that some of us inhabit" is a relative clause modifying "imaginary world".
- iclearwater Am I wrong if I write "there is an imaginary world, where some of us inhabit, where there is no need at all for crtical thinking?
- "where some of us inhabit" isn't right.
- It implies that "inhabit" is intransitive (something like "we inhabit in the world"), whereas in fact it is transitive ("we inhabit the world").
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"that some of us inhabit" is a relative clause modifying "imaginary world".
iclearwaterAm I wrong if I write "there is an imaginary world, where some of us inhabit, where there is no need at all for crtical thinking?
"where some of us inhabit" isn't right. It implies that "inhabit" is intransitive (something like "we inhabit in the world"), whereas i
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