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quincy_chen
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:41 pm Post subject: what's the difference in the two sentences? |
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1: at the news the old lady was so afraid that her face was drained of blood.
2: i'm afraid you're wrong
when will the word "that" be use? thanks! |
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
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Location: New Jersey, US
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It's complicated, Quincy. Here are two webpages that explain it. The first explains several ways in which the word is used. The second discusses only one use, but its English is perhaps less dense. If you have any questions after looking at these, I or someone else in here will try to help you:
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/062.html
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/t.html
(scroll down to "That versus Which") |
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