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14 Apr 2014, 07:00
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Hi Mike
I have some doubts about the structure of a few sentences. They are as follows:
1)When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that is amore.
In this sentence what is the role of "that". Is it playing a part of a relative pronoun or is it playing the role of a conjuction. Only if "that" plays the part of a relative pronoun then we could say that "that is amore" is acting as an independent clause. But if that is the case then "that",which acts as a relative pronoun, must modify only the noun beside it.But actually its not doing that.
I have some doubts about the structure of a few sentences. They are as follows:
1)When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that is amore.
In this sentence what is the role of "that". Is it playing a part of a relative pronoun or is it playing the role of a conjuction. Only if "that" plays the part of a relative pronoun then we could say that "that is amore" is acting as an independent clause. But if that is the case then "that",which acts as a relative pronoun, must modify only the noun beside it.But actually its not doing that.
14 Apr 2014, 10:55
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Dear AnmolKukreja,
I'm happy to help.
First of all, let's be clear. That sentence is from a well-known joke-song by Dean Martin. The song was very popular in its day, and is still popular in some circles now, because it is so hilarious. This is NOT an example of high English, of well-spoken grammar.
If I were to look at this sentence with a GMAT SC eye, I would say this sentence makes one of the classical pronoun mistakes --- using "that" to refer to the action of a whole clause. The object of "that" is not stated in the sentence but is the state-of-mind that causes one to have this experience of the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie. Technically, this sentence contains a subtle lack of logic, and in fact, I would argue that this is exactly part of what makes it endearingly entertaining.
I would strongly strongly suggest that you do NOT look at American pop culture for examples of fine grammar. American pop culture tends to operate at about a sixth-grade level. I would recommend looking at sophisticated writings. For example, the American Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution have wonderfully complex sentences, in every way worthy of the GMAT SC. I would suggest either these or sophisticated contemporary sources.
Does this make sense?
Mike
25 Apr 2014, 10:20
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