ClearTips: Stunning sentences
That
As a pronoun for something just mentioned,
That is another of those useful monosyllables. But as with the
backward reference for This, be sure that it is perfectly clear
what That refers to.
That is why the best outcome from Kyoto would
have been a modest, politically workable agreement to curb emissions
of greenhouse gases pending further study.
A pronoun doing its duty: standing for many more
words preceding it.
That will teach them to disrespect their bodies.
That leaves Mr. Mbeki treading a delicate line
between keeping them happy and suffocating the businesses on which
he knows full well economic success depends.
That, in fact, is part of the problem: the
golfer has all the time in the world to think.
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