Timeline for Part of speech of "that"
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| Nov 30, 2015 at 22:00 | comment | added | deadrat | @LISA When I learned grammar (around the time Grendl was a pup), sentences were analyzed in terms of parts of speech -- verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc. The modern way is to distinguish between parts of speech and the roles words play in sentences. For instance, adjectives describe nouns and they may be compared (red, redder, reddest); determiners select nouns but don't describe them (that car over there, but no thatter car). Both parts of speech, adjectives and determiners, take the role of noun modifier in a sentence. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 18:13 | comment | added | Colin Fine | No, I can't, because it isn't (though I think it used to be analysed that way). I mean "determiner", and have edited my answer. Thank you. | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 18:12 | history | edited | Colin Fine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected in response to a comment.
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| Nov 30, 2015 at 18:11 | comment | added | LISA | Thank you very much. Can you give me an example with "that" functioning as an adjective? | |
| Nov 30, 2015 at 18:08 | history | answered | Colin Fine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |