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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What is that "that"?

There is a paragraph from the article by Richard Ingrams (The Independent):

"When a good education is nowadays considered purely as an economic benefit, its not to be wondered at that music teachers, already in short supply, should be the first to be affected by government redundancies. What use after all is playing a musical instrument when it comes to competing with our European partners in the export markets?"

In the paragraph the author used the word 'that'. Is that 'that' a pronoun or a conjunction (a part of the that-clause)?

Happy New Year!
  

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That is a conjunction. It's is incorrectly spelled. [<:o)] CB

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  • That is a conjunction.
  • It's is incorrectly spelled.
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That is a conjunction. It's is incorrectly spelled. Happy New Year to you as well![<:o)]

CB
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Anonymousit's not to be wondered at that music teachers, already in short supply, should be the first to be affected by government redundancies.
Abbreviating for the sake of clarity:

It is not to be wondered at that these teachers should be affected.

= (The fact) that these teachers should be af
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CalifJim
Anonymousit's not to be wondered at that music teachers, already in short supply, should be the first to be affected by government redundancies.
Abbreviating for the sake of clarity:It is not to be wondered at that these teachers should be affected.= (The fact) that these teachers should be affected is not to be wondered at.The
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