4.1 THAT CLAUSE LIKE A NOUN OR NOUN PHRASE, THAT CLAUSE CAN BE APPOS...

2.4.1 That clause

Like a noun or noun phrase, that clause can be appositive

Ex: Her idea - that I hire you - was a very good one.

Ý kiến của cô ấy về việc tôi thuê anh quả là hay.

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Ex: My hope - that I visit Mount Rushmore - is now a strange idea.

Mong ước đi Rushmore của tôi thật kỳ lạ.

Or: The news - that he had escaped - frightened the whole town.

Tin hắn đã trốn thoát làm cả thành phố hoảng sợ.

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In appositive function, that clause is translated after the noun it modifies. The

meaning of ―that‖ in Vietnamese is ―rằng‖, ―là‖, but to have the natural meaning

of target language, writers ignore ―that‖ in translating process and translate

meaning of that-clause jutst after noun to emphasize and explain more about

Noun that ―that-clause‖ modifies as appositive.