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That was formerly sometimes used with the force of the article the, especially in the phrases that one, that other, which were subsequently corrupted into th'tone, th'tother Upon a day out riden knightes two . . .Chaucer. He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame.Prov. ix. 7. A judgment that is equal and impartial must incline to the greater probabilities.Bp. Wilkins. If the relative clause simply conveys an additional idea, and is not properly explanatory or restrictive, who or which (rarely that) is employed; as, the king that (or who) rules well is generally popular; Victoria, who (not that) rules well, enjoys the confidence of her subjects. Ambiguity may in some cases be avoided in the use of that (which is restrictive) instead of who or which, likely to be understood in a coördinating sense. Bain. That was formerly used for that which, as what is now; but such use is now archaic. We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen.John iii. 11. That I have done it is thyself to wite [blame].Chaucer. That, as a relative pronoun, cannot be governed by a preposition preceding it, but may be governed by one at the end of the sentence which it commences. The ship that somebody was sailing in.Sir W. Scott. In Old English, that was often used with the demonstratives he, his, him, etc., and the two together had the force of a relative pronoun; thus, that he = who; that his = whose; that him = whom. I saw to-day a corpse yborn to churchChaucer. Formerly, that was used, where we now commonly use which, as a relative pronoun with the demonstrative pronoun that as its antecedent. That that dieth, let it die; and that that is to cut off, let it be cut off.Zech. xi. 9. She tells them 't is a causeless fantasy,Shak. I have shewed before, that a mere possibility to the contrary, can by no means hinder a thing from being highly credible.Bp. Wilkins. He does hear me;Shak. |
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