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Ihenry Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Usage of "That Of"

Hi there

Sorry for my bad english, I'm currently still in learning process.

When "that of " can be used in a sentence, e.g.

"He left with a resolution and feeling better about his own knowledge and that of his children.".

or

"Old English grammar is more complicated than that of Modern English "

Or rather, what does it mean?

Thanks
  

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It could be paraphrased as "the one of".

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It could be paraphrased as "the one of".
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Hi, thanks for the reply

In other word, can I say it this way?

"He left with a resolution and feeling better about his own knowledge and his children's."

or

"Old English grammar is more complicated than Modern English grammar"

Thanks again
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In this instance, I would treat ‘that’ separately as a pronoun. However, as a question of style we wouldn’t necessarily say, ‘the grammar of modern English’. The examples could be rephrased as:

"Old English grammar is more complicated than Modern English grammar."

"He left with a resolution
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I'd say "... about his own and his children's knowledge". But it's a bit clumsy Emotion: sad even if it's grammatical...
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Pieanne
I'd say "... about his own and his children's knowledge". But it's a bit clumsy Emotion: sad even if it's
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