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A challenging sentence (at least to me!) 15 Jul 2004, 12:55
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"If you can't protect that which you own, then you don't own anything."

Could someone comment on why that and which right next to each other?

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A challenging sentence (at least to me!) 15 Jul 2004, 13:12
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seems like this is from some movie :)
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"If you can't protect that which you own, then you don't own anything."
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"That" needs an antecedent here. even if that is added, that which can reasonably be replaced with WHAT to emphasize on specific details.
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A challenging sentence (at least to me!) 15 Jul 2004, 13:27
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Nope...It is from apress release .. :)
It is from https://www.2600.com/news/0114-mpaa/press_release.txt.

I agree 'what' would be much better..But since this article seems to come from a legitimate source, I just wanted to analyze and understand it.
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A challenging sentence (at least to me!) 15 Jul 2004, 13:32
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Nope...It is from apress release .. :)
It is from https://www.2600.com/news/0114-mpaa/press_release.txt.

I agree 'what' would be much better..But since this article seems to come from a legitimate source, I just wanted to analyze and understand it.
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there is no doubt that this sentence conveys the intended meaning (I too read the article). But it don't assure that it is grammatically correct. Anyway, I am also looking for a valid explanation for it :wink:
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A challenging sentence (at least to me!) 15 Jul 2004, 21:44
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I read a couple of arguments, each suggested that "What" is the most concise to use in this context. "That which", however, conveys the meaning, as I said earlier, is wordy and inappropriate.

Hope this helps.
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"that which" is more of a formal, archaic use but does indeed parallel the use of "what".
A similar example would be:
He who lives by the sword dies by the sword
pronoun + relative pronoun
Again, a more formal use of english - archaic indeed but not wrong



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