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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
What does "that" refer to in this sentence?
What does "that" refer to in this sentence?
The stream of reports about management turmoil has heightened an impression among some potential advertisers that the platform is not as mature as Facebook or Google.
I think "that" is referring back to "an impression", not "some potential advertisers".
Am I right in analyzing the sentence?
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fire1Am I right in analyzing the sentence?
No. 'that' is not a referring expression. It's a subordinator (or complementizer or conjunction, depending which school of grammatical analysis you adhere to). It introduces a content clause much the same as it does in "He said that the platform is not as mature as Facebook or Google". It tells us the "c
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