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Originally Posted by CuriousT Hi,
In colloquial English, you say "Not that I know of" in reply to a yes-no question when you think the answer is in the negative but you are not too sure. I was wondering about the function of "that" in this expression. What is this? Is this the same 'that' (a subordinate conjunction) as in "I know that he is coming to the party"? Or is it the same as 'that' (a relative pronoun) in "This is the person that I talked to you about"? Or is it something else?
Thank you in advance for your help.
CuriousT |
One cannot always successfully analyze the grammar of colloquial speech or idioms. In this case, if I had to choose, I would call "that" a relative pronoun. The preposition "of" has no other logical object.