Timeline for Do you use the phrase "that which" for the apposition?
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| Jun 4, 2014 at 11:26 | answer | added | user230 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 4, 2014 at 6:52 | answer | added | oerkelens | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 4, 2014 at 5:58 | comment | added | user1513 | I'm quite sure it's possible to use that which in appositives, but I don't know about whether it's colloquial or not. I think wh-word versions or ordinary relative clauses may be more common. | |
| Jun 4, 2014 at 3:30 | comment | added | 243 | Thank you, Damkerng. The usages you showed are understandable for me. I think the example I show takes the same usage, but the syntax is different from the sentence in the link. | |
| Jun 4, 2014 at 2:52 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | I couldn't make sense of your example sentence. As for "that which", this is related: english.stackexchange.com/questions/66453/…. | |
| Jun 4, 2014 at 2:20 | history | asked | 243 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |