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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Uses of that

I read the following somewhere in India about success:


"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."

Please explain to me the grammatical form and function of both "that" in the quote. What do they refer to here?
  

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The comma is wrong; it should read: That some achieve great succe ss is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. success' is a noun clause acting as the subject of the sentence. To make it clearer to you, we could also write this: The fact that some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

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  • The comma is wrong; it should read: That some achieve great succe ss is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
  • success' is a noun clause acting as the subject of the sentence.
  • To make it clearer to you, we could also write this: The fact that some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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The comma is wrong; it should read:

That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

'That...success' is a noun clause acting as the subject of the sentence.

To make it clearer to you, we could also write this:

The fact that

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