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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Type of clause

We do not have all the books that were requested; we are sending [those that] are in stock.

1. What kind of clause is "those that"?
2. What part of speech is "those?
3. What part of speech is "that"?
  

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Anonymous 1. What kind of clause is "those that"? "those that" is not a clause.

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  • Anonymous 1.
  • What kind of clause is "those that"?
  • "those that" is not a clause.
  • A clause must have a verb, and neither of those words is a verb.
  • Anonymous 2.
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Anonymous1. What kind of clause is "those that"?
"those that" is not a clause. A clause must have a verb, and neither of those words is a verb.
Anonymous2. What part of speech is "those?
a pronoun, in particular, a demonstrative pronoun
Anonymous3. What part of speech is "that"?
a pronoun,
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those that are in stock.

What about this one? Can it be called a clause?
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'... that are in stock' is a relative clause.
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AnonymousWhat about this one? Can it be called a clause?
"that are in stock" is a clause. The subject is "that" and the verb is "are."

Your sentence has four clauses.
1. We do not have all the books
2. that were requested;
3. we are sending those
4. that are in stock.

#1 and #3 are main clauses.
#2 and #4 are depe
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I thought that it might be an adjectival phrase.
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AnonymousI thought that it might be an adjectival phrase.
Sorry, but no.
An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase whose head word is an adjective, e.g. fond of steak, very happy, quite upset about it, etc.
https://en.wikipe
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AnonymousWe do not have all the books that were requested; we are sending [those that] are in stock
"those" is a pronoun which stands, here, for the noun ("books") mentioned in the main clause "We don't have all the books..."

"that" in "those that" is a relative pronoun which refers to "those" and attaches a clause (here: "that are in stock") to it (
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AnonymousI thought that it might be an adjectival phrase.
Relative clauses are called adjectival phrases or clauses in an older style of analysis. Many textbooks and many websites still use the older terminology. A. Stars has given you the terminology that is more current.

CJ
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