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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

While the Iron Curtain was still in place//around//existent

While the Iron Curtain was still in place under the communist government, Prague was seldom visited by foreigners. Since the 1990s, however, all that has changed. Prague is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in Europe.

Hi,

For a start, is it all right to replace "in place" in the above with "around" and "existent?"
Second, is "that" within "all that has changed" optional? Thanks.
  

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" The resulting sentences are poor. Angliholic is "that" within "all that has changed" optional? It could be removed but the meaning changes significantly.

— Huevos

  • " The resulting sentences are poor.
  • Angliholic is "that" within "all that has changed" optional?
  • It could be removed but the meaning changes significantly.
  • " That " points to what has changed.
  • Without it the clause is abstract.
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Angliholicis it all right to replace "in place" in the above with "around" and "existent?"
The resulting sentences are poor.
Angliholicis "that" within "all that has changed" optional?
It could be removed but the meaning changes significantly. "That" points to what has changed. Without it the clause is abstract.
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Huevos
Angliholicis it all right to replace "in place" in the above with "around" and "existent?"
The resulting sentences are poor.
Angliholicis "that" within "all that has changed" optional?
It could be removed but the meaning changes significantly. "That" points to what has changed. Withou
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In your sentence "that" is a pronoun. It's antecedent is "While the Iron Curtain was still in place under the communist government, Prague was seldom visited by foreigners.". If you remove this pronoun and just leave "all has change" you just have a general statement about change, not a statement that the change is due to the lifting of the Iron Curtain.
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Thaks, Huevos.

It's clear now.
By the way, is it equally good to say "all of that has changed" instead of "all that has changed?"
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AngliholicBy the way, is it equally good to say "all of that has changed" instead of "all that has changed?"
Seems the same to me.
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