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SC: can 'That' act as a subject of a clause?

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vsatish_chandra
 Post subject: SC: can 'That' act as a subject of a clause?
 Post Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:15 pm 
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OG (12th Edition): Sentence correction # 82.

I understand why the answer choice A is incorrect:

- It is not parallel to the main clause and
- the use of 'like' with a prepositional phrase is incorrect

However, the explanation given for answer choice A says that there is no subject in the second part of the sentence - this is what I am having trouble with.

I thought that the word 'that' in the second part of the sentence acts as a subject (though the antecedent may be ambiguous)- doesn't it?

I went back to the Manhattan SC guide (4th edition) and found an example on page 71:

"Her company is outperforming THAT of her competitor"

Here, 'that' is acting as a new copy of 'company' and the rule says that it has to be modified to indicate how the new copy is different from the previous version.

I find the construction in OG# 82 similar to the above example. Please help me understand why 'THAT' in this OG#82 question doesn't act as a subject?

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Satish
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: SC: can 'That' act as a subject of a clause?
 Post Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:18 am 
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vsatish_chandra wrote:
However, the explanation given for answer choice A says that there is no subject in the second part of the sentence - this is what I am having trouble with.


I think this is more an interpretation of what they are saying. They are saying that you don't have a "subject AND verb"; in other words, they are saying that you don't have the complete construction that you need. I don't think they are really commenting on whether you have one or the other. Tricky stuff! :-)

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