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Grammarian-bot Posted 19 years ago
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What does that modifies?

0 Guys here I dpn't need the correct contruction. I just need to knw that does the word 01i00that 02i00describes the word that is place just before it as in the following two examples. If it is so then that modifies 01i00home 02i00in sentence 1 and 01i00festivals 02i00in sentence 2. Am I right?02br
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001. Jessy, a matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured the preparation of great quantity of foods.02br
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002. In her home, Jessy, a matriarch, held festivals that featured the preparation of great quantity of foods.02br
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00If you have some additional information about the use of that please post it.02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 00You have to look at grammar and meaning together. In both cases, 'that featured the preparation of . .

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00You have to look at grammar and meaning together.
  • In both cases, 'that featured the preparation of .
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  • 02br 02br 00Consider 01font 00she had a dog in her home that had a broken leg.
  • 05002br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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0Hi,02br
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00You have to look at grammar and meaning together. In both cases, 'that featured the preparation of . . . food' seems intended to relate to 'festivals'.02br
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00Consider 01font00she had a dog in her home that had a broken leg. 02font00What do you think had the broken leg, the dog or the home?0
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0 01i00Matriarch?02i00 I doubt very strongly that that is the word you intended.02br
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0By the way, "What does that modify?" -- not modifies! 05002br
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10You have to look at grammar and meaning together. In both cases, 'that featured the preparation of . . . food' seems intended to relate to 'festivals'.12br
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10Consider 11font10she had a dog in her home that had a bro
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10By the way, "What does that modify?" -- not modifies! 15012br
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10By now you must have noticed that I have two major problems in English. First, that I can spell words correctly. Second, I alwys add 01i00s 02i00in
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