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25 Dec 2016
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a question is arising here people
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Can we replace the phrase "that of" and if so? Wot would we use
"Al Batani, whom Lalande lists amongst the twenty most important astronomers in the world; Abul Wefa, whose name is linked with one of the fundamentals of astronomy, that of the third lunar ineqality .
a question is arising here people
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Can we replace the phrase "that of" and if so? Wot would we use
"Al Batani, whom Lalande lists amongst the twenty most important astronomers in the world; Abul Wefa, whose name is linked with one of the fundamentals of astronomy, that of the third lunar ineqality .
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Can we replace the phrase "that of" and if so? Wot would we use
"Al Batani, whom Lalande lists amongst the twenty most important astronomers in the world; Abul Wefa, whose name is linked with one of the fundamentals of astronomy, that of the third lunar ineqality .
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@amooh: okay that or which refer to what?
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They refer to the one of the fundamentals of astronomy that Abul wefa is linked to , which means that one of the fundamentals is the third ...
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yeah alright but the lunar inequality is a discovery not a person to be the third or first fundamental of astronomy? or am i wrong
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@ciceginHikayesi no here the ( third lunar inequality ) is the discovery , I'm not sure of this discovery but that's what I understood from the context ,
So one of the fundamentals ... is the ( third lunar inequality)
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i guess "that of" is telling that the third lunar inequality is the discovery of Abul Wefa
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@amooh: if you have any example with "that of" please share it
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@ciceginHikayesi to be honest with you I'm not 100% sure so I searched it up and I got this answer and I think it's pretty helpful .. and what I learned is that you can remove that of from the sentence and it would still make perfect sense .. and it's mostly used in formal writings
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/3615...
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