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Klavier Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

To the time that he died (in)

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00Close to the time that he died. 02br
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00Shouldn't it be 01i00close to the time that he died in02i00? 0-
  

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0 No latin. 02br 02br 00"close to the time that he died" is correct. 0-

— Abbie1948

  • 0 No latin.
  • 02br 02br 00"close to the time that he died" is correct.
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0 No latin. 02br
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00"close to the time that he died" is correct. 0-
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0 I think it would better to change "that" with "when". e.g. 02br
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00"It was close to the time WHEN he died that he found his long lost son." 0-
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0 Hello Latin 02br
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00In most cases 'that' works as a conjunctive or as 01i00a relative pronoun02i00. But 'that' can work as 01i00a relative adverb02i00 in the case it follows 'time' or similar words. When you use 'time that ..' with in/on/at in the that clause, you can take the 'that' as a relative pronoun, and when you use '
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0 Hello Paco: 02br
00From your explanation (good as always05000 ) I can see that I wouldn't be wrong to say:01i00time that he died in02i00, as you said : 01blockquote
00When you use 'time that ..' with in/on/at in the that clause, you can take the 'that' as a relative pronoun12blockquote
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