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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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which and that

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001. Note from these examples, 01u00that02u00 in statements when the preposition is placed at the end of the clause, we can use that instead of who or which or we can omit the relative pronoun completely.02br
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00I don't understand the function of the underlined that in this sentence and what 'that' refers to? Can you give examples to explain this?02br
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002. The pipeline would also bring financial benefit to Pakistan, 01u00which02u00 01u00it 02u00would cross on route from Iran, earning the Pakistani government millions of dollars in transit fee. 02br
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00I don't know what 'which' and 'it' refer to in this sentence. What kind of sentence pattern is it?02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 12br 10Hi there,12br 12br 101. 12br 12br 10I don't understand the function of the underlined that in this sentence and what 'that' refers to? 12font 12br 12br 11font 12font 11blockquote 11cite 20Anonymous22cite 202.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 12br 10Hi there,12br 12br 101.
  • 12br 12br 10I don't understand the function of the underlined that in this sentence and what 'that' refers to?
  • 12font 12br 12br 11font 12font 11blockquote 11cite 20Anonymous22cite 202.
  • The pipeline would also bring financial benefit to Pakistan, 21b 21font 21u 20which22u 20 22font 22b 21u 21b 21font 20it22font 22b 20 22u 20would cross on route from Iran, earning the Pakistani government millions of dollars in transit fee.
  • 22br 22br 20I don't know what 'which' and 'it' refer to in this sentence.
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10Hi there,12br
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101. Note from these examples, 11u10that12u10 in statements when the preposition is placed at the end of the clause, we can use that instead of who or which or we can omit the relative pronoun completely.12br
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0 01i00that 02i00does not refer to anything. It's a complementizer. It serves to introduce a subordinate clause.02br
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01b00Note02b00 from these examples, 01b01u00that02u02b00 in statements when the preposition is placed at the end of the clause, 01b00we can use 'that' instead of
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11b10 11i10that 12i10does not refer to anything. It's a complementizer. It serves to introduce a subordinate clause.12br
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10Hi, CJ, I'm much confused by what you wrote above in bold. Would you cite a few samples
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0 A word used to introduce a clause complement of a verb is called a complementizer. Complements are underlined below.02br
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00 I said 01u00the word02u00.02br
00 I said 01u00that Jane would be late today02u00.02br
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00 Many, many verbs take as a complement a clause introduced by the comple
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10A word used to introduce a clause complement of a verb is called a complementizer. Complements are underlined below.12br
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10I said 11u10the word12u10.12br
10I said 11u10that Jane would be late today12u10.12br
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0 First of all, the information within the sample sentence is not relevant to the question being asked. It's just a sentence taken out of some grammar book so it mentions grammatical things like prepositions. The sentence could have been something completely different, and yet the question could be the same, like:02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10Complementizer 11i10that12i10 is not replaceable by 11i10which12i10 or 11i10who12i10. Only relative pronoun 11i10that12i10 has that function.12br
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10Maybe that is causing some of your confusion?12
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0The pipeline would also bring financial benefit to Pakistan, 01font01u00which02u00 01u00it 02u00would cross en route from Iran02font00, earning the Pakistani government millions of dollars in transit fee. 02br
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00which = relative pronoun = Pakistan -- anaphoric reference; the blue part
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1font00Note02font00 from these examples, 01u00that02u00 in statements when the preposition is placed at the end of the clause, we can use that instead of who or which or we can omit the relative pronoun completely.02br
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00that = object of 01font00Note; it has only grammatical fun
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite12br
11font10Note12font10 from these examples,11font10 11b11u10that12u10 in statements when the preposition is placed at the end of the clause, we can use that instead of who or which or we can omit
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