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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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what/ that
One day, a friend encouraged him to serve as a crossing guard for the
elementary school, pointing out that he seemed to be
getting more and more depressed and was sleeping in later
and later.
Q) My student asked why "what" can't come in place of "that" in the above sentence.
Is there any way to explain it?
Is that point something like rightness and wrongness of the sentences below? Even so, I can't explain.
1. I pointed out what you did. (0)
2. I pointed out that he seems to be strange. (0)
3. I pointed out what he seems to be strange. (x)
elementary school, pointing out that he seemed to be
getting more and more depressed and was sleeping in later
and later.
Q) My student asked why "what" can't come in place of "that" in the above sentence.
Is there any way to explain it?
Is that point something like rightness and wrongness of the sentences below? Even so, I can't explain.
1. I pointed out what you did. (0)
2. I pointed out that he seems to be strange. (0)
3. I pointed out what he seems to be strange. (x)
Top answer
Yes, it seems hard to explain. Let me make a suggestion or two. " We are referring to an event or a state of being.
- Yes, it seems hard to explain.
- Let me make a suggestion or two.
- " We are referring to an event or a state of being.
- But you must then immediately describe that event or state.
- I pointed out that he seems to be acting strangely.
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Yes, it seems hard to explain. Let me make a suggestion or two.
In the opening sentence, "that" can be expanded to say "the fact that." We are referring to an event or a state of being. But you must then immediately describe that event or state. I pointed out that he seems to be acting strangely. Or: I pointed out the fact that he seems to be acting strangely.
In the opening sentence, "that" can be expanded to say "the fact that." We are referring to an event or a state of being. But you must then immediately describe that event or state. I pointed out that he seems to be acting strangely. Or: I pointed out the fact that he seems to be acting strangely.
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