Type of usage with that.
He defined the dandy, in the later "metaphysical" phase of dandyism, as one who elevates æsthetics to a living religion, that the dandy's mere existence reproaches the responsible citizen.
Requires saying (that) not an independent clause nor does it relate to antecedent in previous sentence.
In the above instance the writer is discussing what someone said, but that can follow on from a complete sentence if it has a clear antecendent, right?
What about these examples?
Did young men like the soldier believe “the old lie” as Owen puts it, that “it is sweet and proper to die for one’s country”?
My room's too heavy to pick up, that's what I always say.
Is the comma instead of a period at the discretion of the writer? What is the distinction in these examples and those that use 'that' with a period.
What would be a good example?
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In the first sentence, the word "that" is colloquial and means something like: "and furthermore he says". " The third sentence doesn't make sense. "
- In the first sentence, the word "that" is colloquial and means something like: "and furthermore he says".
- " The third sentence doesn't make sense.
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In the first sentence, the word "that" is colloquial and means something like: "and furthermore he says".
In the second sentence, the group of words, "that 'it is sweet and proper to die for one's country' ", functions as a noun and serves - along with the words,"the old lie" - as the direct object of the verb "believe."
The third sentence doesn't make sense. It should
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