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 === that ===
 * in general:
-** adds necessary (requisite) information ("those are the kind of shoes that hurt")
+** to add necessary (requisite) information ("those are the kind of shoes ''that'' hurt")
-** acts as a pronoun ("Ouch, that rock is hard!")
+** definite pronoun reference ("Ouch, ''that'' rock is hard!")
+** relative pronoun that introduces a relative clause or phrase ("I read a book ''that was so long''"
 * determiner and conjunction:
-** as a subordinate clause ''that'' acts as an object of a sentence
+** the determiner "that" serves as a conjunction that introduces a relative clause that adds information to the main clause
-** since it adds necessary information, thus no punctuation separates it from the main clause
+*** thus "relative clause"
+** within a relative clause ''that'' acts as the object of the relative clause:
+*** ex. "I rode my bike up a hill ''that went on forever''"
+**** in the relative clause, ''that went on forever'', the word "that" = the subject of the verb "went"
+**** however, the main or independent clause = "I rode my bike"
+***** "that went on forever" adds additional information to the main clause
+** note that since "that" may add '''necessary''' or '''requisite''' information, no punctuation separates it and the relative clause it creates from the main clause:
 *** ex. "She said that she already did it"
-****''= "that she already did it"'' serves as the object of the S-V "she said"
+****''= that she already did it'' serves as the object of the S-V "she said"
-*** (Note that here the word "that" is introducing a "restrictive relative clause")
+**** since it is necessary or requisite for the sentence to make sense, it is a "restrictive relative clause" that is not separated from the main clause by puncutation
+***** generally, non-restrictive relative clauses, i.e., those that are not necessary for the sentence to make sense employ the word, "which"
+****** ex. "I rode my bike up a hill, which seemed like forever"
+******* in this case, the speaker is emphasizing riding the bike up the hill and then adding to it with the non-restrictive clause, "which seemed like forever"
+******* compare that to "I rode my bike up a hill ''that went on forever''"  << the relative clause is necessary and acts to modify the "hill"
 * pronoun
-** that specifies something already mentioned
+** that specifies a noun, event, or idea already mentioned or known
 *** "That was really fun!"
 ** specifies a certain person or thing:
 *** ex., "That little boy was super happy."
->> to complete entry: see that definition - Bing
+* adverb
+** "to such a degree"
+*** compares an extent of something
+*** ex. "I wouldn't go that far"
+** = "so", so that" or "in order to"
+*** "I swim that I come home hungry", which we would normally say as:
+**** "I swim hard so that I come home super hungry"
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