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jennie77
10-15-2006, 05:23 PM
But at that moment, she doesn't stop to think why there aren't more presents or to sonder what she may have asked for that she didn't get.

I can't get the use of 'that clause' in the gramatical point of view.
Can you identify the use od 'that' here?

Thanks in advance.

oishii
10-16-2006, 01:39 AM
But at that moment, she doesn't stop to think why there aren't more presents or to sonder what she may have asked for that she didn't get.

I can't get the use of 'that clause' in the gramatical point of view.
Can you identify the use od 'that' here?
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Hi Jennie77,

For the moment, it might help to simplify the sentence by removing the first option to make...

"But at that moment, she doesn't stop to wonder what she may have asked for that she didn't get."

'that' is used as a relative pronoun that introduces the subordinate clause 'that she didn't get'. This subordinate clause acts as an adjective modifying the noun phrase "what she may have asked for" (that set of items that she might have had on her list of presents that she wanted). "That she didn't get" refers to that subset of items from her list that she hadn't received.

Hope this was of some help.


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jennie77
10-16-2006, 03:39 PM
Thanks for your kind answer.
What I wonder now is whether the relative pronoun can modify noun-clause.
Until now, I have just seen relative pronouns which modify just nouns or noun phrases. ( ex. She is the only one of my friends who really knows me.)
According to your answer, the relative pronoun can modify noun-clause.
This is my first time to see this kind of grammar point.
So Please can you tell me a bit more of that usuage with some example?

Sorry to bother you, and I really appreciate your help.