different between that vs whith

English

Etymology

From Middle English that, from Old English þæt (“the, that”, neuter definite article and relative pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate to Saterland Frisian dät, West Frisian dat, Dutch dat, Low German dat, German dass and das, Danish det, Swedish det, Icelandic það.

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: th?t
  • (UK, US, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?ðæt/
  • (General New Zealand, Northern US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?ð?t/
  • (India) IPA^(key): /?d?æt/, /?d??t/, /?d?æ?/, /?d??æ?/,
• Rhymes: -æt
• (unstressed) enPR: th?t, IPA^(key): /ð?t/

The demonstrative pronoun and determiner that is usually stressed; the conjunction and relative pronoun that is usually unstressed.

Conjunction

that

1. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.

   He told me that the book is a good read.

   I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.

2. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.

   Be glad that you have enough to eat.

3. (dated) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose, or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might, or should: so, so that.
   • c. 1596–97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii^[1]:

     Bassanio: Be assured you may.

     Shylock: I will be assured I may; and, that I may be assured, I will bethink me. May I speak with Antonio?

   • 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, III.1:

     The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

   • 1833, Parley's Magazine, volume 1, page 23:

     Ellen's mamma was going out to pay a visit, but she left the children a large piece of rich plumcake to divide between them, that they might play at making feasts.

   • 1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (volume 23, page 222)

     That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.

   • c. 1845–46, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese, If Thou Must Love Me^[2]:

     […] A creature might forget to weep, who bore / Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby! / But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.

   • 1886–88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 547:

     Now one day of the days, […] the Sultan cast his eyes upon her as she stood before him, and said to his Grand Wazir, "This be the very woman whereof I spake to thee yesterday, so do thou straightway bring her before me, that I may see what be her suit and fulfil her need."
4. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence, or effect.

   The noise was so loud that she woke up.

   The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.

   • 2008, Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 23 May 2008:

     My dad apparently always said that no child of his would ever be harassed for its poor eating habits, and then I arrived, and I was so disgusting that he revised his opinion.

5. (archaic or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors:

     What, are you mad, that you do reason so?

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:

     In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

   • c. 1911, D.H. Lawrence, third draft of what became Sons and Lovers, in Helen Baron (editor), Paul Morel, Cambridge University Press (2003), ?ISBN, page 234:

     “She must be wonderfully fascinating,” said Mrs Morel, with scathing satire. “She must be very wonderful, that you should trail eight miles, backward and forward, after eight o’clock at night.”

6. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.

   Was John there? — Not that I saw.

   How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.

   • 1866 October 6, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings, part 8, in Littell's Living Age, number 1166 (series 4, number 27), page 27:

     " […] I will go anywhere that she may wish if she will go with me,"

7. (archaic or poetic) Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.

   Oh that spring would come!

   • 1864, T. S. Norgate's translation of the Iliad, book 10, page 613:

     "Would that my rage and wrath would somehow stir me, / Here as I am, to cut off thy raw flesh / And eat it."
8. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 1, scene 2, page 4:

     I pray thee, mark me — that a brother should / Be so perfidious! —

Usage notes

• That can be used to introduce subordinate clauses, but can just as easily be omitted: one can say either “he told me that it’s a good read” (in which case the second clause is a “that clause”) or “he told me it’s a good read” (in which case the second clause is a “bare clause”).
• Historically, “that” was usually preceded by a comma (“he told me, that it’s a good read”)—such usage was, for example, recommended by the grammarian Joseph Robertson in his 1785 essay On Punctuation—but this is now generally considered nonstandard.
• Historically, that was sometimes used after a preposition to introduce a clause that was the object of the preposition, as in “after that things are set in order here, we’ll follow them” (Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI), which simply means “after things are set in order...” and would be worded thus in modern English.

Translations

Derived terms

• that'd

Determiner

that (plural those)

1. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     The gym is across from the lounge. It’s next to the mailroom. Go that way. — Thanks, Pete! — No, Anna! Not that way! Go that way!

Usage notes

• This is known as a "demonstrative adjective" in traditional terms.

Derived terms

• thatness
• this, that, and the other
• you can't say fairer than that

Translations

Pronoun

that (plural those)

1. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action, or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. [from 9^thc.]
   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 3, Scene 1:

     To be, or not to be: that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them?

   • 1888 July, The Original Secession Magazine, page 766:

     [He] was qualified and fitted, both intellectually and morally, — and that to an exceptional extent — to be the Head […]

   • "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game (Folio Society 2010), page 310:

     However […], the British were unable to do much about it short of going to war with St Petersburg, and that the government was unwilling to do.

   • 2005, Joey Comeau, Lockpick Pornography (Loose Teeth Press):

     I've never seen someone beaten unconscious before. That’s lesbians for you.

   That's my car over there.

   He went home, and after that I never saw him again.

2. The known (thing); used to refer to something just said.

   They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?

3. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.
   • 1910, Helen Granville-Barker, An Apprentice to Truth, page 214:

     "She is very honourable," said Mrs. Thompson, solemnly. "Yes, one sees she is that, and so simple-minded."

4. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition. [from 9^thc.]

   The CPR course that she took really came in handy.

   The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.

   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 1, scene 4:

     By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me.
5. (colloquial) Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.

   the place that [= where or to which] I went last year

   the last time that [= when] I went to Europe

Usage notes

• Some authorities prescribe that that should only be used in restrictive contexts (where the relative clause is part of the identification of the noun phrase) and which or who/whom should be used in non-restrictive contexts; in other words, they prescribe "I like the last song on the album, which John wrote". In practice, both that and which are found in both contexts.
• In a restrictive relative clause, that is never used as the object of a preposition unless the preposition occurs at the end of the clause; which is used instead. Hence "this is the car I spoke of" can be rendered as "this is the car that I spoke of" or "this is the car of which I spoke", but not as *"this is the car of that I spoke."
• That refers primarily to people or things; which refers primarily to things, and who refers primarily to people. Some authorities insist who/whom be used when making reference to people, but others, such as the Merriam-Webster dictionary, write that such prescriptions are "without foundation" and use of that in such positions is common and "entirely standard". Hence, one sees both "he is the man who invented the telephone" and "he is the man that invented the telephone."
• When that (or another relative pronoun, like who or which) is used as the subject of a relative clause, the verb agrees with the antecedent of the pronoun. Thus "The thing that is...", "The things that are...", etc.
• In the past, bare that could be used, with the meaning "the thing, person, etc indicated", where modern English requires that which or what. Hence the King James translation of John 3:11 is "We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen" while the New International Version has "we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen".

Antonyms

• (that thing): here, there, this, yon, yonder

Derived terms

• at that

Translations

Adverb

that (not comparable)

1. (degree) To a given extent or degree.

   "The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner..."

2. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).

   I'm just not that sick.

   I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.

   Synonym: so

3. (informal, Britain, Australia) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).

   Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.

   • 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams (Archbishop Williams):

     This was carried with that little noise that for a good space the vigilant Bishop was not awak'd with it.

Translations

Noun

that (plural thats)

1. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
   • 1998, David L. Hall, Roger T. Ames, Thinking from the Han, page 247:

     As such, they do not have the ontological weight of "Being" and "Not-being," but serve simply as an explanatory vocabulary necessary to describe our world of thises and thats.

See also

• which

References

Anagrams

• hatt, tath

Acehnese

Adverb

that

1. many
2. a lot

German

Verb

that

1. first/third-person singular preterite of thun

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English þæt, þat, þet (“the, that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?at/, /ðat/

Conjunction

that

1. that (connecting a noun clause)

Alternative forms

• þat, þt, tha, dat, yt, ?at, thette; thet (Kent, early Southwest Midlands); yat (Northern, Northeast Midlands, East Anglia); at, atte (Northern); et (Northeast Midlands); Southwest (ðed); þad, þæt, þeth (early); tat (after d, t or s)

Descendants

• English: that
• Scots: that
• Yola: at, et, thet

References

• “that, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Pronoun

that

1. that (relative & demonstrative pronoun)

Alternative forms

• (demonstrative): þat, thatte, thate; dat, ?at (East Anglia); thet (Kent, early Southwest Midlands); yat (Northern, Northeast Midlands); þæt (early); tat (after d)
• (relative): þat, thate, thad, tha, yat; dat (East Anglia); þeþ, det, thet (Kent); yt (North Midlands); at, atte (Northern, Northwest Midlands); þhet (Southwest Midlands); þæt, thet (early); tat (after d or t)

Descendants

• English: that
• Scots: that

References

• “that, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “that, rel. pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Determiner

that

1. that (what is being indicated)

Alternative forms

• þat, thate, þhat, thad, tha; dat, yat (East Anglia); det, þet (Kent); þut (Southwest); yat (Northern); þet, þæt, þath (early); tat, tet (after d, t or s)

Descendants

• English: that
• Scots: that

References

• “that, def. art & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

that

1. that (to a given extent or degree)

Descendants

• English: that
• Scots: that

References

• “that, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðat/

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þat.

Pronoun

that n

1. that, that one

Further reading

• “that (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• “that (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Determiner

that n

1. that

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dat
  • Dutch: dat, het
    • Afrikaans: dat
  • Limburgish: det

Further reading

• “that (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• “that (III)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þat.

Determiner

that

1. nominative/accusative singular neuter of th?

Descendants

• Dutch Low Saxon: dat
• German Low German: dat

English

Preposition

whith

1. Obsolete form of with.