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Par. 449, 450.] OBJECT CLAUSES.

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" Of what?" after them. " That" is here equivalent
to "of the fact that."
Distinguish the above use of "that" from its
use when introducing a Clause in Apposition to a
previous Noun, as in the following Examples: -
(1) " They made an agreement that they would share
equally."
(2) " The axiom, that a whole is greater than its
part, seems so true that its statement seems, at
first sight, unnecessary."
449 On the other hand, "that" seems used for " for
that,"" in that," "because," 1 after Verbs of rejoicing, sorrowing: -
(1) "I am sorry that (i.e. because) lie failed."
Also, in parentheses after "not":(2) " I must go now, not that (i.e. because) I want to
go, but I have an engagement."
In(1) " Did you see John " " Not that I recollect-"
"that" is a Relative Pronoun, and the Antecedent
must be supplied from the previous sentence: " not
(a seeing) that I recollect."
450 But that," in its radical meaning, was " except
that;" hence " barring," "to the contrary of." This
explains(1) "I cannot be persuaded but that (to the contrary
of the belief that) lie meant mischief."
1 Compare Latin " quod."
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