![]() Whereas coordinating conjunctions join grammatically equal elements, subordinating conjunctions introduce dependent clauses and join them to independent clauses. Let’s take this up in detail as there is lot of confusion on this point.Ī conjunction is a part of speech that mainly joins clauses but can also join words or phrases. ![]() It functions as a conjunction and subordinating conjunction in both adverb and noun clause it introduces. If a word is subordinating conjunction, it’ll certainly be conjunction.) (Note that subordinating conjunction is a subcategory of conjunction. Is ‘that’ a conjunction or subordinating conjunction? It can function as an adverb clarifying degree (of an adjective), much like very and so. Examples:Īccording to that logic, the company will take 20 percent market share in two years. That as demonstrative adjective, unlike that as demonstrative pronoun, is placed immediately before the noun it modifies. As a demonstrative adjective, also known as demonstrative determiner or just determiner, that modifies (or describes) a noun to point out which person or thing is meant. ![]() It can function as a demonstrative adjective. That can act as another type of pronoun, relative pronoun, when it introduces relative clauses (covered later in the post). Note that that can also act as a demonstrative pronoun when it introduces noun clauses (covered later in the post). As a demonstrative pronoun, it can occupy subject or object position to point at the person or thing you’re referring to. It can function as a demonstrative pronoun. We’ll also look at few parts of speech it doesn’t belong to, but few erroneously think it does. In this post, we’ll analyze the word that grammatically, looking at the four parts of speech it belongs to: pronoun (two types), adjective, adverb, and conjunction. For example, it’s one of the few that introduce all three dependent clauses. ![]() But it’s multifaceted as far as its grammatical functions are concerned. People think it’s there probably as a dispensable glue. One of the most ubiquitous words in English language, that evokes little meaning. For example, word tomorrow can be an adverb or a noun: Depending on how it is used in a sentence, a word can belong to more than one part of speech. A word doesn’t necessarily belong to a particular part of speech. ![]()
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