How he was that

Xinfu · #1 March 17, 2015, 11:53 PM

p.298: There was a famous man now called Carmichael, she smiled, thinking how many shapes one person might wear, how he was that in the newspapers, but here the same as he had always been.

What do the red words mean?
Is THAT optional? Or is THAT a pronoun?

**Rusty** · #2 March 18, 2015, 05:28 AM

The word in question is a pronoun, standing for what 'shape' the person wore.
The pronoun should be used.

Xinfu · #3 March 18, 2015, 07:58 AM

Thank you.

Ask a Question

How he was that

This is the place for questions about conjugations, verb tenses, adverbs, adjectives, word order, syntax and other grammar questions for English or Spanish.