I remember the day that he came. We aren’t going for the simple reason that we can’t afford it. Why do you think "that" might be an adverb in those two sentences, Debpriya De? The word "that" is very often used as a relative

Hello, Chris, this clause would be an adjective clause , right? in fact, one should distinguish between relative clauses and adjective clauses , which are more precisely termed supplementive adjective clauses and represent only a special case of

Gleb Chebrikoff, thank you for your response. It's really informative and interesting--I agree with your analysis of "tell." 3. (d; intr., tr.) ('to inform') to — about, of (he didn't want to — about the incident; — me

Hi chattt, Welcome to English Forums. Thanks for joining us. Sorry your post slipped thru the cracks. Everything you say is correct. When you ask if the sentence is "true," do you mean "is it correct?" Yes, it's correct.

The fact that Jim smokes... The pipe that Jim smokes... The first is an example of a content clause or an appositive clause. It is not a relative clause. These structures consist of a noun like fact or belief followed by a clause introduced by

Rahul: (l) Yes, most grammarians say that the antecedent of "which" is "The police found the murder weapon"; however, a few don't know whether it is accurate to call "which made the prosecutor's job easier" an

Frankly, I cannot work through all your analysis, but 1a and 1b are good, 2a is of course bad, and 2b is still find grammatically, as 'them' is the object of a preposition. Would you prefer that it read ' their idiomatic use and right

(1) Does "common words entangled with other words" contrast with "one meets with everyday" and thus justify using "but" instead of "and" here? Not to me. I think there is no missing "that" here,

Mister, thank you much for your reply. Now I am thinking about your answers. For a "yes" to my first question, can I say that a "that" is missing, though mandatory by grammar, from the sentence segments: (1a) "many songs

XD: I've just been thinking about the differences, and trying to come to some guidelines. Here it goes... Those can introduce a relative clause; them cannot. Those can be used in nominative case; them cannot. Examples: I like those who tell