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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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What does "that" modify?

He comes over and starts talking about searching the place and that these people are hiding something.
  

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Anonymous What does "that" modify? Nothing. The sentence is badly constructed.

  • Anonymous What does "that" modify?
  • Nothing.
  • The sentence is badly constructed.
  • I suppose this is what is meant: He comes over and starts talking about searching the place and saying that these people are hiding something.
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Anonymous What does "that" modify?
Nothing. The sentence is badly constructed. I suppose this is what is meant:

He comes over and starts talking about searching the place and saying that these people are hiding something.

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