sidpopy wrote:
Dear Mike
Pl help with the following topics:
a. what does it actually mean in a sentence with an infinitive and preposition + present participle ? such as for determining and to determine
b. i often found and heard that one can use that only with clauses ( sub + verb + obj), however i saw many times "that" followed by verb and obj, with out a subject
Pl clarify my doubt
Thanks
Sid
Dear Sid,
I'm happy to respond.
I must say, I really don't understand your first question at all. I think you might be asking an idiom question, and may find these blogs helpful:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/verbs-that ... -the-gmat/https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-prepo ... dioms-for/As to your second question: the word "
that" has a multiplicity of meanings. It is one of the trickiest words in the English language. It can be used for many, many different things.
The word "
that" can be a simple pronoun, technically a
demonstrative pronoun, indicating a noun.
I didn't like that.
That is my favorite flavor!
Would you bring me that on the table? The word "
that" can be a
demonstrative noun modifier:
Did you see that movie?
What is your opinion of that book?The word "
that" can be
relative pronoun, which introduces a subordinate clause and acts as the subject of the clause
I saw a truck that delivered fresh fish.The relative clause is "
that delivered fresh fish", and the word "
that" is the subject of this clause. The relative clause modifies the word "
truck."
The word "
that" can be a
subordinate conjunction, which introduces a subordinate clause and is followed by a full [noun]+[verb] structure. These are typical in verbs that demand "that" --- see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-idiom ... t-clauses/This structure is also common for substantive clauses:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/substantiv ... -the-gmat/It appears that many of your questions relate to idioms. Here's a free idiom ebook:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-idiom-ebook/Does all this make sense?
Mike