'This / That man who or that...'
Come to think of it, I have never seen sentences written like 'This / That man who or that...' like
This man who can speak English well is my friend.
So my question is whether This or That is not used for defining relative clauses?
If it is possible, could you give me any examples?
Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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Hans51 So my question is whether This or That is not used for defining relative clauses? They are not commonly used before a noun when the noun is followed by a defining relative clause. The reason is that demonstratives ( this, that ) already uniquely define the referent.
- Hans51 So my question is whether This or That is not used for defining relative clauses?
- They are not commonly used before a noun when the noun is followed by a defining relative clause.
- The reason is that demonstratives ( this, that ) already uniquely define the referent.
- The same is true of possessives.
- For example, we don't say My book that I bought yesterday or His pet dog that his girlfriend likes .
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Hans51So my question is whether This or That is not used for defining relative clauses?
They are not commonly used before a noun when the noun is followed by a defining relative clause. The reason is that demonstratives (this, that) already uniquely define the referent.
The same is true of possessives. For example, we don't say My book th
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